So, if the Greenies get their way. they will be hogging up all the copper for ‘clean energy.’ However, at lease in MY state, they REFUSE to let us mine for copper, LOL! We have TONS of copper in northern Wisconsin. Some of the rivers are YELLOW because of the content of copper in the rocks and the soil! Of course, they want to pillage and plunder OTHER parts of the world, which they always shut up about.
“’Copper will be crucial in achieving decarbonization and replacing oil with renewable energy sources, and right now, the market is facing a supply crunch that could boost the price by more than 60% in four years,’ Goldman Sachs wrote in a report May 2021.
Goldman analysts, led by Jeff Currie, also said that more copper will be needed to create the new infrastructure systems required for clean energy to replace oil and gas, but there has not been enough of a focus on this.
The Goldman team estimates that copper demand will therefore significantly increase by up to 8.7 million tonnes by 2030, if green technologies are to be adopted en masse.”
The Lake Superior area has always been a center for copper mining. About 20 years ago a multi ton copper boulder was recovered from the Lake waters. Almost pure native copper. So there has to be lot more yet where that came from.
Ya hay dere - Lot of copper in Tomahawk & Lady Smith - My neighbor has a place in Long Lake - he said during WW II we were mining copper 24/7 in the area.
Copper mining is being blocked by the State DNY in Madison.