Copper hits record prices, and new mines take 17 years

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCopper hit a record earlier this year, and it's in your walls, your air conditioner and the power lines on your street, so I bet it lands on your electric bill.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA pound of it touched six dollars and ninety-five cents in September, according to a report cited by KuCoin News.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistBut the price isn't the squeeze.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Washington Times says a new copper mine takes about seventeen years to go from discovery to production.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSeventeen years. The person who finds the mine that fixes your bill is in middle school right now.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOr we call it a long game.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe International Energy Agency expects supply to come up about twenty-five percent short in twenty thirty-five, and that's plenty of time to prepare.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistPrepare how? I can name a cloud in four seconds. Fine, it's a patient little plan.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou almost agreed with me.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI did not. Your wiring is on a seventeen-year journey and the bill still shows up monthly.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRex, what does your show have that takes less than seventeen years?