So before I even look at disputing the figures, I'll just rubbish them JohnsonD eh?
4 1/2 BILLION tonnes of Copper
near 9 BILLION tonnes of Graphite
0.7 BILLION tonnes of Vandium
in a world population of 8 Billion, prediction 9.7 Billion in 2050...
so that is a half tonne of copper each, a tone of Graphite each and 50kg of Vandium... each (by the way, it is Vanadium, glad to see the article has been checked by someone who knows their stuff enough to pick up simple spelling mistakes)
A wind turbine - rounded for simple maths - has 4.7 tonnes of copper, supplies 460 houses or about 10kg per house 2.5kg per person (2 adults, 2 children)... missing near 500kg of copper per person somewhere...
Graphite...the world bank reckons we'll need 4.5 million tonnes a year by 2050... 1/20th of the figures quoted above
Vanadium... used to love this fact... Freya, the Norse gods metal because of its colours.... in a battery instead of Lithium is very stable and infinitely recyclable,.. once processed it is there. Very abundant metal, top 20 mineral in the world, something like that....
So before I even bother fact checking I won't bother till you find someone who can post more realistic numbers.
And then of course, these numbers are to do with the electrification of the world... 10% of the worlds population are no connected to an electric grid, 800 million people, the numbers you quote also include connecting them.. which has nothing to do with green energies at all, and can be discounted from the numbers of course.
I think it was HSBC - with no agenda apart from making money - reported that the world has enough resources for a green transition, but will be another 35 years (2060) I think it was rather than the 30,000 years quoted above.
So try again, but credit given for being very trying.
However, remind me, when is the oil predicted to run out? Multichoice? A: Next year B: About 60 years (Our childrens life) or C, Feck it, I'll be dead them who cares?