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Originally Posted by .45cultist
That makes sense, do you think it would be at 1/4th to half the man hours to refine? X tons in Y man hours.
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Still haven't read it..... This would be a PDs call based upon the exposure and deterioration of a given material. The more oxidized the material the lower the purity and higher the waste material that must be removed.
Also you must consider the material in the finished state at year zero versus year 150. If it was painted and protected from the elements and for how long.
Lets take two F150 pickup trucks...... both a heaps and worth more as steel than as an effort to make them run.......... One is on a street, the other is in a parking garage. The one on the street has been in the weather and the paint cooked off or oxidized by the relentless sun. The one in the garage has been under a concrete roof with only the humidity as an enemy.
Another to consider is the material itself and the resistance of the alloy to corrosion...... Or a coating on the material itself..... Fenders may have rotted away, but a chromed fender largely intact.