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0 pointsPowerElectronix1d ago0 comments

Effort high enough to consider that material lost to any practical purpose like a tv.

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Cost scales with refinement effort, so it just results in more expensive TVs. That said, pretty sure we'll have drowned the planet in landfilled TVs long before this becomes a serious issue

nkrisc1d ago

If prices of certain metals were high enough I bet people would stop throwing out TVs and dig up old ones from the dump.

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0 pointsPowerElectronix1d ago0 comments

Effort high enough to consider that material lost to any practical purpose like a tv.

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swiftcoder1d ago

Cost scales with refinement effort, so it just results in more expensive TVs. That said, pretty sure we'll have drowned the planet in landfilled TVs long before this becomes a serious issue

nkrisc1d ago

If prices of certain metals were high enough I bet people would stop throwing out TVs and dig up old ones from the dump.

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