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by FredPret 1029 days ago
Why "or"? Why not "and"?

We have massive numbers of people who are still really poor. Making quality infrastructure and products for these people involves lots of brand-new metals.

In the meantime, increasing quality and recycling is merely a multiplier increasing the efficiency of our system. You can't recycle your way to economic greatness.