Comment on Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world

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MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Well, that’s a big component: how efficient / environmentally destructive is the mining?

Also, as electricity consumption in areas like China, India, Africa increases, they’re going to start needing big multiples of the amount of copper used in the US/Europe/ANZ to-date.

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