Copper shortage warnings and the mining demands of global growth
A post quotes a warning that maintaining 3% global GDP growth would require mining as much copper in 18 years as in the previous 10,000—even without electrifying the world economy. It uses that claim to criticize net zero.
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Robert Friedland claims governments are buying copper as a proxy for money without reporting it, according to a post quoting him and crediting Bloomberg. He argues that nobody can calculate the supply-demand balance for these metals.
A separate post quotes a warning that maintaining 3% global GDP growth would require mining as much copper over 18 years as over the previous 10,000, even without electrifying the world economy. Its author uses that warning to condemn net zero.
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