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> we can mine an exhaustless supply of minerals for instance Humanity is headed towards shortages of many critical metals, such a copper, within this century,
by lwouis 5y ago
> we can mine an exhaustless supply of minerals for instance
Humanity is headed towards shortages of many critical metals, such a copper, within this century, with consequences on price and availability already felt and predicted to be a major geo-political issue within a few decades
- exabrial 5y agoI disagree. We're short iridium, We're not short copper. We don't have an efficient way to extract it, from either waste or from raw materials. That's also the other side of it: we're short better wiring materials/technologies because copper is 'good enough' at it's price point.