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According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by
about 2037. What's the next best sacrificial metal... magnesium? LOL -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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I have been reading that more boaters are turning to aluminum anodes. While
more noble than zinc, they are still far more reactive than steel or bronze. I must admit though, I have not had the nerve to try them yet on my Nic 35 Dennis SV Dark Lady CN35-207 "Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by about 2037. What's the next best sacrificial metal... magnesium? LOL -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in message
... I have been reading that more boaters are turning to aluminum anodes. While more noble than zinc, they are still far more reactive than steel or bronze. I must admit though, I have not had the nerve to try them yet on my Nic 35 Dennis SV Dark Lady CN35-207 "Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by about 2037. What's the next best sacrificial metal... magnesium? LOL I wonder what people with aluminum boat will do? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by about 2037. What's the next best sacrificial metal... magnesium? LOL -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com The typical Jon Boy lie. The following is from: http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/2...s-of-scarcity/ "The idea that the Indium on Earth is just going to be used up in 2017, Terbium in 2012 and Zinc in 2037 is just absurd from both a geological and economic point of view. As an economic matter the market won't simply let us keep increasing our consumption until we suddenly run out. Rather, when demand increases relative to supply the price rises and decreases consumption. If companies really believed zinc was going to simply run out in 2037 do you think they would be selling it cheaply enough to make it cost effective to make pennies with it or use it in many other trivial ways? There isn't any great crisis ahead, merely a rise in price for these metals that will cause other metals to be substituted where possible and wasteful uses to be eliminated (eliminate the damn penny!) while essential uses (LCD displays, CPUs) continue." I hope this helps explode the myth. Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:36 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by about 2037. What's the next best sacrificial metal... magnesium? LOL After we've sacrificed all the zincs will we have to switch back to virgins? Seems like a waste. |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:36 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by about 2037. What's the next best sacrificial metal... magnesium? LOL After we've sacrificed all the zincs will we have to switch back to virgins? Seems like a waste. Arrrrrggggg.... -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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"Dave" wrote in message
... On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:36 -0700, "Capt. JG" said: According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by about 2037. Is that the same crew that said the world would run out of oil by 2010? Don't know... did someone say that? Do you think it'll happen? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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I just KNEW my kid's Hot Wheels collection would be worth something some
day. :-) Maybe I should pull all that pot metal kitch out of the yard sale. Seriously, if the price of zinc rises to much there will be zinc castings, broken souvenir beer mugs and old kitchen utensils appearing out of the wood work. There is an amazing amount of zinc sitting in peoples' closets and junk boxes. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "Capt. JG" wrote in message easolutions... According to the New Scientist magazine, we're going to run out of zinc by about 2037. What's the next best sacrificial metal... magnesium? LOL -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:49:24 -0400, "Glenn Ashmore" wrote: I just KNEW my kid's Hot Wheels collection would be worth something some day. :-) Maybe I should pull all that pot metal kitch out of the yard sale. Seriously, if the price of zinc rises to much there will be zinc castings, broken souvenir beer mugs and old kitchen utensils appearing out of the wood work. There is an amazing amount of zinc sitting in peoples' closets and junk boxes. Save your pennies. They're almost all zinc. The older, copper pennies (before 1982, 95% copper, 5% zinc) are worth 2.2 cents now in copper. A nickle is worth 5.1 cents in the metal value (75% copper, 25% nickle). But a current penny (97.5% zinc, 5% copper) is worth only 1/2 a penny in metal value. That should go up if we really start running out of zinc. For a list of US coin's melt value vs. purchasing power see: http://www.coinflation.com/ Steve |
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"Steve" wrote in message
... On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:49:24 -0400, "Glenn Ashmore" wrote: I just KNEW my kid's Hot Wheels collection would be worth something some day. :-) Maybe I should pull all that pot metal kitch out of the yard sale. Seriously, if the price of zinc rises to much there will be zinc castings, broken souvenir beer mugs and old kitchen utensils appearing out of the wood work. There is an amazing amount of zinc sitting in peoples' closets and junk boxes. Save your pennies. They're almost all zinc. The older, copper pennies (before 1982, 95% copper, 5% zinc) are worth 2.2 cents now in copper. A nickle is worth 5.1 cents in the metal value (75% copper, 25% nickle). But a current penny (97.5% zinc, 5% copper) is worth only 1/2 a penny in metal value. That should go up if we really start running out of zinc. For a list of US coin's melt value vs. purchasing power see: http://www.coinflation.com/ Steve Yeah, unfortunately, it's big time illegal to melt down pennies. I think there's some guy who's hording them in the hope that'll change (no pun intended). -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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