It's pretty interesting when you think about it—tech companies can't just conjure up materials out of thin air. Take copper, for instance. Whether it's for hardware infrastructure, mining equipment, or industrial applications, securing reliable access to raw materials has become a real chess game in the supply chain. The tech world runs on these foundational resources, yet we don't always see the scramble behind the scenes.
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SnapshotStriker
· 58m ago
Ha, basically it's a contest for mining. Whoever controls copper wins.
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SolidityStruggler
· 3h ago
Oh my, this is the real underlying war, the part no one talks about
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The bottleneck in copper mining is even more invisible than the chip war, and the capitalists' little tricks are all here
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So the technological revolution is just a superficial cover for resource competition; it sounds high-tech but it's really just about grabbing mines
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No wonder Elon Musk has been pursuing those crazy plans; ultimately, it's all about raw material anxiety
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So we technical personnel are just playing a game with rules set by others
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When copper prices rise, the entire industry chain has to kneel; this chain is really fragile
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FlashLoanLarry
· 9h ago
The issue of copper mine bottlenecks should have been prioritized long ago; otherwise, even the most advanced chips will be useless.
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screenshot_gains
· 9h ago
After all this time, I finally understand that the chip war is fundamentally a resource war... Copper mines have really become the new arena for great power competition.
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TooScaredToSell
· 9h ago
Wow, I never thought about this layer before... Raw material bottlenecks are even more severe than chips, even big manufacturers have to queue patiently.
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LiquidatedThrice
· 9h ago
Basically, it's all about mining to the end, and in the end, it still has to rely on old-fashioned copper, haha.
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LiquidityWitch
· 9h ago
copper's the true alpha everyone's sleeping on... while we're all brewing yield narratives, the real alchemy happens in commodity futures ngl
It's pretty interesting when you think about it—tech companies can't just conjure up materials out of thin air. Take copper, for instance. Whether it's for hardware infrastructure, mining equipment, or industrial applications, securing reliable access to raw materials has become a real chess game in the supply chain. The tech world runs on these foundational resources, yet we don't always see the scramble behind the scenes.