copper

9 statements across 4 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 4, 2023 by David Friedberg · across every show →

Everything said about copper, oldest first

Aug 4, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Simulations show LK-99 requires precise lead-atom replacement to superconduct
“The simulation showed that you have to replace only one of the lead atoms, not any of the other ones, in order for this to work. And that could explain why everyone's having different results in the lab trying to reproduce this.”
David Friedberg Aug 4, 2023 ▶ 8:45 E140: LK-99, Sclerotic establishments, Fitch downgrades US debt, Trump indicted... again
Jan 10, 2026 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath: Global copper supply will be short 70% by 2040
“And right now, Jason, we are on a path by 2040 where we will be short about 70% of the global supply at current course and speed.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 10, 2026 ▶ 35:17 All-In's 2026 Predictions
Jan 10, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath predicts copper prices will go absolutely parabolic
“And if you look through that lens, the asset that is set up to go absolutely parabolic is copper.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 10, 2026 ▶ 34:54 All-In's 2026 Predictions
Jan 31, 2026 bullish
Assertion Supported
Chamath claims copper prices rose 26% in one month
“You know copper's up 26% in a month?”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 56:05 ICE Chaos in Minneapolis, Clawdbot Takeover, Why the Dollar is Dropping
Jun 10, 2026 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Dreyfus: Solar power requires 5x more copper per megawatt than gas turbines
“Solar power per megawatt takes five amounts, five times the amount of copper than a typical base load CCGT gas-fired turbine.”
Dan Dreyfus Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 8:22 Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper
Jun 10, 2026 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Dreyfus: Electric cars consume 5x to 6x more copper than gas vehicles
“An electric car consumes five or six times the copper than a traditional internal combustion engine.”
Dan Dreyfus Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 8:59 Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper
Jun 10, 2026 bullish
Prediction Held up
Dreyfus: Building 15 GW of AI factories yearly will require 750k tons of copper
“Data centers for a one gigawatt AI factory now, you need 50,000 tons of copper per gigawatt, and we're gonna start building 15 gigawatts of these things per year.”
Dan Dreyfus Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 8:34 Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper
Jun 10, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2044
World needs 10,000 years worth of copper in next 18 years
“Over the next 18 years, We're gonna need seven hundred million tons of copper. Over the next 18 years, we're gonna need as much copper as we mined in the last 10,000 years.”
Dan Dreyfus Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 10:41 Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper
Jun 10, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2027
Chamath Palihapitiya predicts copper will be the best performing asset
“I thought the best performing asset was going to be copper, yeah.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 13:34 Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper
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