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Re:Deep-sea mining may soon ease the world's battery-metal s... by littlestymaar on Monday July 03, 2023 @05:09PM (#36578863)
> There are enough modules for mankind for 1000 years or more

At the current rate I suppose? But if we keep the current “growth” rate, we would consume 60 times more ressources by the end of the century… (I used 5% increase a year as an approximation, and we aren't that far off currently).

Re:Deep-sea mining may soon ease the world's battery-metal s... by halhod on Monday July 03, 2023 @07:35PM (#36580222)
there’s enough nickel in the CCZ to get the world to 2040 on a path to net zero. not “1000s of years” worth