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Millions of tonnes of copper are mined every year. Dietary copper is on the scale of micrograms. Your conspiracy has a problem of many magnitudes.
by _coldfire 10y ago
Millions of tonnes of copper are mined every year. Dietary copper is on the scale of micrograms.
Your conspiracy has a problem of many magnitudes.
- lutusp 10y ago> Millions of tonnes of copper are mined every year. Dietary copper is on the scale of micrograms. Imagine every stainless steel surface in every hospital being replaced with copper or bronze (which seems likely over time). Imagine that this subsequently becomes fashionable in private homes for the same reason. I have a yacht and its anti-fouling paint has a high percentage of copper, for the same reason that copper seems effective in a hospital operating theater (it's pretty toxic). Imagine that a copper mine operator wants more public acceptance for copper as an everyday material. Both these recent developments produce that outcome, even given the fact that dietary copper is in reality a microscopic volume of the material. For the latter, the effect is more psychological than practical. I emphasize that I'm not taking this hidden-agenda idea seriously, it's just something to think about.