floofloof@lemmy.cacake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoGeologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire worldwww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down179
arrow-up1346arrow-down1external-linkGeologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire worldwww.earth.comfloofloof@lemmy.cacake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square112linkfedilink
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days ago 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.
The original study says they assumed an annual increase of 0.53% as observed over the last 20 years.