Ed Conway goes looking for materials we have run out of—and retires the series after one post, because he can't find any. Never underestimate elasticity of supply! edconway.substack.com/p/hang-on-ar... - ThreadSky

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jasoncrawford.org • 69 days ago

Ed Conway goes looking for materials we have run out of—and retires the series after one post, because he can't find any.

Never underestimate elasticity of supply!

https://edconway.substack.com/p/hang-on-are-there-any-lost-minerals

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jasoncrawford.org•69 days ago

“So far, we haven’t really, meaningfully run out of, well, pretty much anything. … while we like to tell ourselves humankind has exhausted this or that resource, we are much better at talking about it than actually, well, exhausting said resource.”

jasoncrawford.org•69 days ago

He's turning his “lost materials” series into “forgotten materials,” which “will focus on the minerals we are still extracting (in some cases in record amounts) even though most people thought we stopped doing it long ago.”

jasoncrawford.org•69 days ago

I did a less well-researched investigation a while ago and came to a similar conclusion:

https://blog.rootsofprogress.org/catastrophic-resource-shortages

timothyrice.org•69 days ago

Did you look into "old growth lumber" at all? That's one that I hear mumblings about here and there, but have no idea of the truth of the claims.

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