floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGeologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire worldwww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down179
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minus-squareisekaihero@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·3 days agoThere could be two ways to address this problem. One is asteroid mining, which has the potential to be extremely lucrative because there are lots of asteroids with huge metal deposits. Another is discovering new conductors. There’s been progress in developing conductive plastics. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-scientists-material-plastic-metal.html
There could be two ways to address this problem. One is asteroid mining, which has the potential to be extremely lucrative because there are lots of asteroids with huge metal deposits.
Another is discovering new conductors. There’s been progress in developing conductive plastics. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-scientists-material-plastic-metal.html