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There isn’t enough copper in the world — and the shortage could last till 2030
CNBC ^ | FEB 7 20236:07 PM EST | Lee Ying Shan

Posted on 02/28/2023 12:31:49 PM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 02/28/2023 12:31:49 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

There was a thread here a long time ago about people breaking into active electric transformers to steal the copper, usually with disastrous results.


2 posted on 02/28/2023 12:44:49 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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bet they won’t do that again!...................


3 posted on 02/28/2023 12:46:57 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Here’s one of the stories

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/men-electrocuted-with-24k-volts-trying-to-steal-copper-wire


4 posted on 02/28/2023 12:51:54 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Red Badger

I know of at least three major copper/zinc deposits in the United States which have never been developed, strictly for political reasons.


5 posted on 02/28/2023 12:52:17 PM PST by marktwain
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To: rdl6989

Crispy critters........................


6 posted on 02/28/2023 12:53:29 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Pinochet would know how to ensure the supply of essential commodities, unlike the idiot woke rulers currently in South America.


7 posted on 02/28/2023 12:55:50 PM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: Red Badger

Are we gonna grow new copper in 2030?


8 posted on 02/28/2023 12:56:46 PM PST by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: Red Badger

It may be time to buy Southern Copper (SCCO) again.


9 posted on 02/28/2023 12:58:22 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Red Badger

If we had not debased our currency there would be plenty of already refined copper floating around.


10 posted on 02/28/2023 12:59:52 PM PST by algore
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To: joethedrummer

No, by 2030, the entire world economy will have collapsed and there will be no need for new copper..................


11 posted on 02/28/2023 1:00:03 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Never speculate in copper. It is a tightly controlled market, and they do not want outsiders to make as much as one red cent from it.

An anecdote is whatever happened to the vast amount of copper cable that became obsolete with fiber optic cable replacing it. They didn’t just abandon it underground, but pulled it out and spooled it up. And then, it vanished.

At the time it was speculated that there was enough recovered copper to build half a dozen pure copper aircraft carriers. But the market price of copper didn’t fluctuate at all.


12 posted on 02/28/2023 1:01:29 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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Never speculate in copper. It is a tightly controlled market, and they do not want outsiders to make as much as one red cent from it.

Here a Grift, there a Grift, everywhere a Grift-Grift

Old McGrifter had a Grift, best not step on his toes!

13 posted on 02/28/2023 1:05:23 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Red Badger

I think we are entering a commodities supercycle where the price of all metals will be heading up.


14 posted on 02/28/2023 1:09:28 PM PST by jimwatx
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

one red COPPER cent................which are now ZINC in a copper sheath....................


15 posted on 02/28/2023 1:09:35 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Fortunately, we will not need any additional copper to expand the electrical grid and manufacture batteries when everyone drives an EV.

(S)


16 posted on 02/28/2023 1:09:56 PM PST by woodbutcher1963 ( )
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And then, it vanished.

One word: AMMO.........................

17 posted on 02/28/2023 1:11:10 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Hmm. Is the solution to this problem less freedom? Just asking.


18 posted on 02/28/2023 1:15:29 PM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Red Badger

Pennies, I can quit buying expensive anodes.


19 posted on 02/28/2023 1:16:40 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

Just glue them to your boat motor..................


20 posted on 02/28/2023 1:18:43 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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