The growing global need for copper, and the amount required to power the transition of all nations to clean energy, is not sustainable.
  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago
    1. Distribution doesn’t just include long distance distribution. It includes all the wiring between transformers and houses and all the internal wiring of the house and all the devices inside etc.
    • fullsquare@awful.systemsEnglish
      201·
      2 days ago

      only residential wiring uses copper, everything from 350kV down to 400V lines is aluminum, and even in houses aluminum can be used too

        • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
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          2 days ago

          From old electrical connections that weren’t designed for the different rates of expansion of aluminum and copper. Today, most of them are.

        • fullsquare@awful.systemsEnglish
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          2 days ago

          this was before we figured out that you can use stranded aluminum wire and it’s fine this way

          that, or copper clad aluminum

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      And that part is entirely independent from whether the electricity is generated with solar, wind or fossil fuels.