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Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world (www.earth.com)
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[โ€“] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"General, we need to consult all of the local meth addicts, stat."

[โ€“] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The poor will have scavenged the abandoned buildings in built-up areas, yes. Still-occupied buildings and those in smaller towns with no easy access to a scrapyard are more likely to be intact. So it's more likely to be a case of "these are no longer to code, they are not grandfathered, you have a two-year grace period to switch them out" (staggered geographically or by building classification to avoid a run on plastic pipes) plus "road trip!"

We might also end up mining older dumps for stuff discarded when copper was cheaper.