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It will be interesting to see to what extent either other conductors (such as graphene, one of the best conductors [0]) or asteroid mining for iron, copper, nic
by stevenjgarner 4y ago
It will be interesting to see to what extent either other conductors (such as graphene, one of the best conductors [0]) or asteroid mining for iron, copper, nickel, and cobalt [1] become feasible in time (mid-century?) to offset the shortage of copper.
[0] https://www.nanowerk.com/what_is_graphene.php https://www.nanowerk.com/what_is_graphene.php
[1] https://pwr.edu.pl/en/university/news/raw-materials-from-asteroids-we-know-where-to-best-extract-them-from-10446.html https://pwr.edu.pl/en/university/news/raw-materials-from-ast...
- stevenjgarner 4y agoNot much discussion on HN yet about "the looming copper crunch" - these postings all had no comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32111282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32111282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32101391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32101391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28710646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28710646