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The looming copper crisis. This will have a huge impact (oilprice.com)
submitted 2 years ago by RobCornelius to c/solarpunk
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TL;DR the world is running out of easily extracted copper at an alarming rate

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[โ€“] Cannacheques 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like India or South Africa lol, btw does this stuff happen much in the USA?

[โ€“] seafoam_green@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I've read about it happening in the US in poorer communities with houses that sit empty - bricks and other materials can be taken, too.