| Lithium may store the power that drives out modern mobile world, but it’s copper that delivers it. This malleable metal is a vital component in modern homes, electronics and agriculture. But our reliance on copper comes at a steep price, both economically and environmentally.
Copper is quite the miracle metal. It readily conducts electricity (second in ability only to silver), strongly resists corrosion, and can easily take on a variety of shapes and tasks — everything from your home’s plumbing and the circuitry of your car’s stereo to utility-scale power transmission lines and industrial fertilisers and pesticides...............................................Full Article: Source
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