HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
100,000—
10,000 -
N 100
10 -
0.10 -
0.01
PROPORTION OF CONSUMPTION MET
BY RECYCLED MATERIALS (0/0)
COPPER
NICKEL
SILVER
TANTALUM
URANIUM
0b/e
ZINC (galvanising)
URANIUM (Weapons, stations)
IF DEMAND GROWS...
Some key resources will be exhausted more quickly
if predicted new technologies appear and the
population grows
ANTIMONY 15-20 years SILVER
15-20 years
HAFNIUM -10 years
TANTALUM 20-30 years
INDIUM
5-10 years URANIUM 30-40 years
PLATINUM 15 years
ZINC
20-30 years
ARMIN OF 10M UNIVERSIm-
000
HOW MANY YEARS LEFT
58
IF THE WORLD CONSUMES AT TODAY'S RATE
Reserve base
Annual global consumption
(assuming globol consumption=globo/ production)
HOW MANY YEARS LEFT
20
IF THE WORLD CONSUMES AT HALF
THE US CONSUMPTION RATE
Reserve base
1/2 US per capita x World population
consumptlon 2006
Figures do not take into account changes
in demand due to new technologies
INDIUM (LOS)
13
ZINC 26%
GOLD 43%
PHOSPHORUS 0%
PLATINUM
GERMANIUM
TIN 26%
ÅLUMINIUM 49%
LEAD
CHROMIUM
GALLIUM
INDIUM
HAFNIUM N/A
RHODIUM N/A
WORLD POPULATION APRIL 2007
ANTIMONY N/A
US POPULATION APRIL 2007
n/a: figures not available
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