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So modern civilization currently requires the average human to consume roughly 3-4 times his body weight in steel per year. And given that steel production has
by patrec 4y ago
So modern civilization currently requires the average human to consume roughly 3-4 times his body weight in steel per year. And given that steel production has roughly doubled in the last 20 years, this will probably still go up a fair deal.
- epicureanideal 4y agoIf population levels off I would imagine the need for steel would mostly level off also? I assume the main use is in construction?
- joebob42 4y agoPer gp, it's consumption. Perhaps you haven't been eating enough steel to appreciate the demand.
- BurningFrog 4y agoWe don't really "consume" the steel. It doesn't disappear.
- sidewndr46 4y agoIron actually is a consumable in some processes. For example, it burns pretty well. So it gets used in thermic lances. I'm not sure if anyone bothers trying to collect the resulting iron oxides and recycle those.
- BurningFrog 4y agoOK, I'll count burnt rusted iron as consumed. But we were talking about steel.