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hunter

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2. What "need" for copper?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Jun 12, 2024, 11:43 AM

Jun 2024

We don't "need" electric cars, vast solar projects, or wind turbines. We don't need excess copper wiring or copper plumbing in the homes of wealthy people.

When do we say, "Enough!"

Could it be that we've already mined enough copper?

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As the need for copper rises, cable manufacturers recycle more [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2024 OP

Telcos happen to be sitting on a gold mine of buried copper wire HAB911 Jun 2024 #1

What "need" for copper? hunter Jun 2024 #2