Comment on Semiconductor industry could short out as copper runs dry
einkorn@feddit.org 4 weeks agoSomewhat unironic This:
There is lots of copper (and other materials) rotting in our waste dumps. But as long as mining new ore is cheaper than recycling, tariffs or taxes are one way to stir the industry the right way.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
sure, but that doesn’t affect the actual production of copper, they’ll just start recycling it when mining becomes more expensive than recycling it regardless of taxes
einkorn@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
We might want to stop mining new copper before the people in this region run out of water, though?
Because knowing companies they will not stop on their own.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 weeks ago
Recycling copper is already cheaper than mining a lot of cases.