Silly post ...

Given that we can't bring our collective selves (and governments) to address the environmental disaster staring us in the face, a 5000-year supply of copper should be a reason to set up copper digging competitions.

At current consumption rates, they estimate that there is about a 5000-year supply of copper remaining in the Earth.

Then again, maybe copper producers will just use this estimate as a marketing gimmick to raise the price of copper.

-- Only 5,000 years left. Get your copper now. ---