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Um, they're totally different types of 'mining' and doesn't seem like an honest comparison.
This doesn't really factor a lot of things. It's a bit too simplified in my opinion. There's nothing here about costs involved, labor, and technological shift which frankly, isn't really possible for a lot of countries. A part of me doesn't really trust this post as there isn't really much it cites as its source. If I saw the graph he was showing at a glance I really wouldn't believe what he was saying unless he could back it up with the data, which he doesn't do.
The crucial link "International Energy Agency (IEA)" is dead, probably it's this: https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in...
I did not dig deeper but I suspect it's again comparing tonnage of _refined_ metals with _unrefined_ crude fossilies. That's what usually these bombastic analyses do and I did not yet receive rational answer why such methodoogy was chosen. Considering that average coper ore grade is 0.6% and declining....
I did not dig deeper but I suspect it's again comparing tonnage of _refined_ metals with _unrefined_ crude fossilies. That's what usually these bombastic analyses do and I did not yet receive rational answer why such methodoogy was chosen. Considering that average coper ore grade is 0.6% and declining....
I don't think that this was reviewed by anyone. It seems like it's just a like thing he posts himself. Looking at his youtube videos it seems he's doing this as a side hustle. Typical click bait videos with little to no real weight to them. It's disappointing to see but it's pretty normal on youtube. You'll find people speculating on the most insane things like the entire downfall of nations because of X event. This sort of just looks like an extension of that.