Interestingly, the concept of Peak Copper [0] is as old as Peak Oil, people (including domain experts) were worrying about it since the early 20th century, but

Interestingly, the concept of Peak Copper [0] is as old as Peak Oil, people (including domain experts) were worrying about it since the early 20th century, but new discoveries outpaced demand and so far, the peak did not occur (unlike oil, which temporarily showed a peak before fracking was deployed). But perhaps we'll be there one day. Another interesting fact is that the recycling rate is relatively high due to its economic value, "In Europe, about 50% of copper demand comes from recycling (as of 2016)", and "it has been estimated that 65%-80% of all copper ever mined is still available (having been repeatedly recycled)." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_copper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_copper [1] 1920s engineers believed the Electric Age would die a quick death https://gizmodo.com/1920s-engineers-believed-the-electric-age-would-die-a-q-5906821 https://gizmodo.com/1920s-engineers-believed-the-electric-ag...