The growing global need for copper, and the amount required to power the transition of all nations to clean energy, is not sustainable.
    • 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

    • 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.