| > there is only a finite amount of copper There is only a finite amount of oil as well. There is only a finite amount of aluminum and iron. There is only a finite amount of everything on this planet my dude. > has to be extracted & processed using non-renewable resources Technically speaking these don't always have to be entirely non-renewable processes. But let's also think: when the copper windings on some EV's motor are toast it can be recycled pretty much infinitely. How many times does that gallon of gasoline get recycled? Seems strange to have the copper be the thing so uniquely focused on. You're so focused on like 200lbs of copper that will be in the car the entire life of the car and can then be recycled after the life of the car, being so extremely concerned about how its such a finite resource. Meanwhile you just ignore than a 25mpg ICE car over a 200,000mi life will burn ~48,600lbs of gasoline, none of which is recoverable, and is also a finite resource. Which one should we me more concerned about using up? The one that's easily recyclable or the one that's not and will be consumed >240x as much? https://internationalcopper.org/sustainable-copper/about-cop... > Current copper resources are estimated to exceed 5,000 million tonnes That's ~50 billion EV cars worth of copper we roughly know about. There's probably more than that out there, we just haven't found it yet. It also just ignores all the copper we've already mined and is in the circular economy. |