The trouble with copper tariffs
Tariffs on copper imported into the United States will not result in self-sufficiency for the country anytime soon, if ever.
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On the emerging copper shortfall, mainstream media notices
Denying there are limits to resources doesn’t negate this fact. It only makes it harder when limits appear because we are unprepared.
Scavenger or thief: The line will continue to blur
The role of scavenger in nature is to find that which others have discarded or which no longer has life. In the human world, the more desperate the times, the more scavenging people are likely to do and the less stuff there will be to go around. That’s when scavenging may cross the line into theft.