Craig Tindale: The Coming Copper Crunch That Could Stall AI, Energy & Defence

Craig Tindale: The Coming Copper Crunch That Could Stall AI, Energy & Defence

February 13, 2026 · 31 min · Season 2 · Episode 18

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Craig Tindale discusses the potential copper shortage and its implications for AI, energy, and defense sectors.

What if the future we’re planning simply can’t be built? In this episode of Power Struggle, Stewart Muir speaks with Craig Tindale, private investor, systems thinker, and author of the widely discussed essay “Copper: Limits to Growth in the Age of Demand Simultaneity.” Tindale argues that for the first time in industrial history, three massive transitions are colliding at once: artificial intelligence, electrification, and military rearmament. Each demands staggering quantities of copper an...

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