“Just to meet business-as-usual trends, 115% more copper must be mined in the next 30 years than has been mined historically until now,” the study said.

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      7 months ago

      Fair, but you can’t do 12v ethernet like they’ve done with 48v. The cables would be too big

      So unlocking 48v allowed the change which allowed lesser cabling.

      Tesla claims it’s 77% cable reduction and 50% copper.