Tara Ryan⚡️

Industrial creative. PhD researcher in critical minerals systems

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I think the point of academic writing isn’t just to sound fancy and formal, but to write in a universally understood code of language for easy international translation. Whilst at times it feels less human, knowing this makes it feel like its for a wholesome reason

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@jaelubberink_ I think the poem dares to explore something powerful regarding the female experience

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Copper is often seen as just a mere input for other supply chains (energy systems, AI and data centres) - it has its own iceberg of energy, materials, and waste required to produce it

[Amanda van Dyke @AmandaVandyke13]

28 million tonnes.

That is roughly how much copper the world uses in a year — about the mass of five Great Pyramids of Giza.

And that is only the copper we see. Underneath those 28 million tonnes sits a vastly larger physical footprint: billions of tonnes of ore, waste rock and tailings; enormous quantities of energy; and billions of litres of water.

This is why I developed the Mineral Footprint. We are very good at asking how much copper is in an EV, or a data centre.

But 75% of copper is actually not in the devices its in the systems required to make that device work. We also never ask about also it physically take to produce that copper?

Once you follow 28 million tonnes of finished metal backwards into the Earth, the scale of what we are asking the mining industry to deliver looks very different.

The copper we see is only the tip of the iceberg.

My latest article on substack is linked in the comments, and calculates the real Mineral Footprint of Copper, and why it is so important to understand it if we really want to achieve our ambitions.

Please comment and share!

#Copper #CriticalMinerals #MineralFootprint #Mining #EnergyTransition #IndustrialStrategy #SupplyChains #CriticalMineralsHub @ctindale @jtourzan @robert_ivanhoe @EdZamanillo

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Doing my PhD now because I feel that I need to give birth academically before I do biologically

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@saimx2181 I love how niche this is hahahahhaha

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@MatthewBevan Agreeeed. My positive sentiment for trains >> buses

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@olivezooo wow interesting

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Being political is so much more than a static datapoint of who you vote for. It’s about the dynamic function of what you choose to empathise for throughout your life. And how you let that empathy move you through multiple decisions every day

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Sulfuric acid is the nectar that feeds the industrial system

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As an industrial romantic, I must say, that whilst not as pretty as the flowers, the drain also found its way there with love. Its functionality allows drainage and safe roads

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"There is always hope."

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@alexander2357_ Sooo true

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@jaelubberink_ Did you shadow write this for the Pope? 🤔🤔🤔

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@alexander2357_ It’s cool how the movie explores an ability to reverse entropy, the arrow of time

I totally agree the whole concept of causal structures and expansion of complicatedness that we experience in reality is so fascinating

I wrote a substack on entropy:
https://t.co/lqFKjfOnBB

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@prof_kamilov Yess hahahaha

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@majamediaco She also interviewed Tim Cook Apple CEO few years ago on supply chain sustainability

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@majamediaco It’s the best. I have this book on the philosophy of walking, which I feel like you might also enjoy! Would lend to you if still in Syd :((

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@majamediaco This reminds me of financial markets vs physical markets

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@majamediaco OBSESSED with this colour, my fav pic of Sydney

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@majamediaco She’s my muse

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@Andy_AJT I miss Tesco meal deals now back in Aus :((