How Long Will It Last?

HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? 100,000 PROPORTION OF CONSUMPTION MET BY RECYCLED MATERIALS (%) 1027 ALUMINIUM (transport, electrical, consumer durables) 510 10,000 30 COPPER 31% NICKEL 35% GOLD (jewellery, dental) 36 45 SILVER 16% TANTALUM 20% URANIUM 0% 1000 - TIN 26% 46 34 ZINC 26% (computer chips, power stations) HOW MANY YEARS LEFT IF THE WORLD CONSUMES AT TODAY'S RATE ZINC (galvanising) 58 Reserve base n/a HAFNIUM Annual global consumption (assuming global consumption=global production) ALUMINIUM 49% INDIUM (LCDS) HOW MANY YEARS LEFT 13 IF THE WORLD CONSUMES AT HALE 20 19 THE US CONSUMPTION RATE GOLD 43% 59 Reserve base ½ US per capita x World population consumption 2006 URANIUM (weapons, power stations) LEAD (lead pipes, batteries) Figures do not take into account changes in demand due to new technologies 10 LEAD 72% 17 42 PHOSPHORUS 0% 40 NICKEL (batteries, turbine blades) TIN (cans, solder) PLATINUM 0% CHROMIUM 25% 20 57 GALLIUM 0% 90 INDIUM 0% GERMANIUM 35% 116 HAFNIUM N/A WORLD POPULATION APRIL 2007 RHODIUM N/A 0.10 - 6,580,000,000 ANTIMONY N/A IF DEMAND GROWS... Some key resources will be exhausted more quickly if predicted new technologies appear and the population grows ...●●●...●●... .·· .•●●●●●.●●●●...●●●● ..●●●●..●●●...●●●●●.. .................e... ...●●...●●●●..... 345 ANTIMONY 15-20 years 0,01 SILVER 15-20 years TANTALUM 20-30 years URANIUM 30-40 years 20-30 years HAFNIUM ANTIMONUM COPPER GOLD HAFNIUM -10 years 5-10 years 15 years INDIUM LEAD NICKEL PLATINUM TIN ZINC ZINC PLATINUM US POPULATION APRIL 2007 SOURCE: ARMIN RELLER, UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG; TOM GRAEDEL, YALE UNIVERSITY 301,000,000 n/a: figures not available 20.3kg Буя 1.7kg бусs CHROMIUM (chrome plating, 143 COPPER (wire, coins, plumbing) 92g ANTIMONY (drugs) paint) -40 (EDS, solar cells, lasers) WNIIV9 e/u US ANNUAL CONSUMPTION per capita 2006 (grams) (infrared optics, semiconductors) 6 9'0 n/a GERMANIUM 6L0'0 ALUMINIUM 690'0 GALLIUM GERMANIUM INDIUM PHOSPHORUS cat. converters) n/a TANTALUM (cellphones, camera lenses) RHODIUM SILVER SILVER (jewellery, catalytic converters) TANTALUM URANIUM RHODIUM (X-rays, PLATINUM (jewellery, catalysts, fuel cells for cars) PHOSPHORUS (fertiliser, animal feed) 142