We're running out of pomegranate. Fast.

Aluminium 32 350m tonnes 1027 years
Arsenic 1m tonnes 20 years
Antimony 3.86m tonnes 30 years
Cadmium 1.6m tonnes 70 years
Chromium 779m tonnes 143 years
Copper 937m tonnes 61 years
Gallium 1000-1500 tonnes 5-8 years
Germanium 500 000 tonnes 5 years
(US reserve base)
Gold 89 700 tonnes 45 years
Hafnium 1124 tonnes 20 years
Indium 6000 tonnes 13 years
Lead 144m tonnes 42 years
Nickel 143m tonnes 90 years
Phosphorus 49 750m tonnes 345 years
Platinum/ 79 840 tonnes 360 years for Pt
Rhodium
Selenium 170 000 tonnes 120 years
Silver 569 000 tonnes 29 years
Tantalum 153 000 tonnes 116 years
Thallium, 650 000 tonnes 65 years
Tin 11.2m tonnes 40 years
Uranium 3.3m tonnes 59 years
Zinc 460m tonnes 46 years

Metals likely to be
used-up faster by expanding
technology (1-3)-
Antimony 15-20 years
Gallium 5 years
Hafnium 10 years
Indium 5-10 years
Platinum 15 years
Silver 15-20 years
Tantalum 20-30 years
Uranium 30-40 years
Zinc 20-30 years

*Source - Society of Chemical Industry

Well, that's good to hear.

I thought global warming put burden on pomegranate plantations...

And... how do we run out of gold? :f6:

Helium gas is also growing scarce.

I thought global warming put burden on pomegranate plantations...

And... how do we run out of gold? :f6:

The thing is, some of these minerals are used to make solar panels. I guess when we "run out of" it means we can only get it from products rather than from the earth itself.

SEE?? global warmings has made us use even scarcer resources than Fossil Fuels! We have to use Fossil Fuels as alternatives to the alternatives to save the worse off resources!

Fossil Fuels will only run out in a 100years or so, but these will run out even sooner! Save the Gold; Save the Metals of the earth and use Fossil Fuels!

Don't fret though, we have 1027 more years of aluminum!

I... i dont know how to react to this...
honestly i dont.

How long until we run out of original music?



oh wait....

Time to merchant. : 3

Well, natural gas is running out in 50-100 years, and that is more cause to worry about :3.

SEE?? global warmings has made us use even scarcer resources than Fossil Fuels! We have to use Fossil Fuels as alternatives to the alternatives to save the worse off resources!

Fossil Fuels will only run out in a 100years or so, but these will run out even sooner! Save the Gold; Save the Metals of the earth and use Fossil Fuels!

The thing about metals is that unlike fossil fuels, they aren't really "used up".
Except for the tiny amount we shot into space, and the fissionable materials that we fissioned, every bit of metal ever mined is still here on Earth, and recoverable, if the price is right.
Also, we can find more mines on/in the Earth, or on other planets, or the asteroids. It's just a matter of cost. Once the current sources are depleted, cost will rise until it becomes economically feasible to recover / dig deeper / go offplanet for this stuff. That is, if no replacement is found.

Time to merchant. : 3

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=commodities+trading

It's not like we're not running out of iron or coal.

Had this one somewhere in my infographic collection.

I wonder if that assessment accounts for half-life in its calculation of longevity.