> more important to know than the financial situation, in terms of
> public policies, and resource bookkeeping (or at least thinking
> about it) would be the logical consequence

Mineral reserves are of course no different from oil reserves (in
one sense, in that the easily get-at-able will be used first). And
they are more recoverable, if the will is there, than oil, because
the sorts of reactions we're talking about involve elements, that
won't be destroyed, vs hydrocarbon molecules, which will. The
imperative then becomes recovery/recycling, rather than efficiency

BTW, I can't divide - Tiwai Pt uses 1/8th of NZ power capacity,
not 1/6th. Still rather a lot

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