wrote in message
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I always wondered why all that steel could not be
recycled to something new today. Its hard
to imagine that its cheaper to mine new materials
vs. melting down existing stuff.


The cost of the ship breaking. And the toxic materials that have to be
handled. I understand a lot of the old ships are broken up in the India
area. They run them aground and swarms of 30 cent a day laborers take the
ship apart.