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Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world

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Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

The growing global need for copper, and the amount required to power the transition of all nations to clean energy, is not sustainable.

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The article notes that this includes recycling but only at the rate we have now.

The original study says they assumed an annual increase of 0.53% as observed over the last 20 years.

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