At the rate at which demand for copper is growing, copper is soon to be one of the “rare earth” metals. It is not permitted to open new mines for it anywhere in the US, and the processing of copper ore is so damaging to the environment that it shall be forbidden everywhere on earth,
I’ll have to start going through my penny collection, and saving anything 1981 and earlier. The copper in them will make them more valuable.
>> the processing of copper ore is so damaging to the environment that it shall be forbidden everywhere on earth
Hence the joke —
Q: What did progressives use for light, before candles?
A: Electricity.