According to a study advanced by Adam Simon, a researcher at the Earth and Environment faculty of the University of Michigan, in the United States, a traditional Honda “Accord”, i.e. driven by an internal combustion engine, requires approximately 18 kilos of copper. The same car, if powered by electricity, requires around 90 kilos of copper. About five times more. The use of copper is also constantly growing in all industrial sectors and this is creating quite a few supply problems as, again according to Adam Simon’s study, since 2018 the…
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