Re: fill up yer tank with scrap....

On or around Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:53:13 +0100, Sena
<arjfatcymoeddorguk@xxxxxxxxxxx> enlightened us thusly:

>E-0C001302-2125-E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said...
>> >Most metals are in the earths crust in ionic form as oxides etc and need
>> >energy to reduce them to pure form as steel or whatever. If you burn the
>> >metal back to oxides then you are only getting some of the energy back
>> >that you used to purify it in the first place. If you then reduce these
>> >oxides you need more energy, and you'll only get some of that back.
>>
>> Stroo. But we'd scarcely have to go digging to find a plentiful supply of
>> iron, aluminium etc.
>>
>No indeedy. Ask any scrappie...

wotbut unless it's changed, scrap metal is worth osd-all, hence you have to
cnl to get cars tooken.
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