Political & Elections

There is the possibility I grabbed incorrect commodity prices.
http://www.metalprices.com/

But to indulge myself;

Nickel metal costs about $10.00/lb.

A nickel coin weighs 5 grams. There are about 90 of them in a pound.

Copper metal costs  about $3.75/lb

A "nickel" coin is 25% nickel, 75% copper.
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?flash=yes&action=coin_specifications

(3.75*0.75)+(10.00*0.25)

2.81+2.5 =  $5.31/lb metal value of "nickels"

90*0.05=$4.50

I seem to recall it is illegal to melt down "legal tender"coins for metal recovery.



-- Edited by BigG on Saturday 27th of November 2010 06:39:21 PM

-- Edited by BigG on Saturday 27th of November 2010 06:40:59 PM

Darwin would have said he's filling an unexploited environmental niche.

Cartera wrote:

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The better estimate for battery life is 10-12 years or 150-200k miles. I know two people who have over 200k miles on theirs with no battery issues. I did get word from a friend about a battery needing replacement but when I checked it out, it was the small, regular battery that was replaced. My friend just heard battery replacement and assumed it was the large battery. There are very few reports of large battery failure. Fortunately, you can replace individual cells so it may be that even in failure the whole battery would need replacing.

Nickel is expensive so it is not likely that anything toxic is ending up in land fills.

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Typical liberal moron, lol

How can nickel be "expensive"? It's only worth 5 cents! If it's so valuable, why didn't they make the nickel worth $100?

How can global warming exist when it's so cold right now?

And even if it did, it would only raise temperatures by a couple of degrees. Big effing deal. If I turn up the temperature in my house a few degrees, I hardly notice a difference.

Typical liberal moron. Go read Playgirl or some other homo magazine.

 

LOL - it wasn't a runaway. The start button just got sluggish and I hold it down an extra long time for it to shut down.

I do have runaway car dreams but I'm always in reverse when it happens and I can't see.

I've been driving mine for 6 years and have 110k miles on it. I had to replace the little battery a year ago. The symptom for that was pretty weird. It didn't want to turn off.

The better estimate for battery life is 10-12 years or 150-200k miles. I know two people who have over 200k miles on theirs with no battery issues. I did get word from a friend about a battery needing replacement but when I checked it out, it was the small, regular battery that was replaced. My friend just heard battery replacement and assumed it was the large battery. There are very few reports of large battery failure. Fortunately, you can replace individual cells so it may be that even in failure the whole battery would need replacing.

Nickel is expensive so it is not likely that anything toxic is ending up in land fills.

"busdriver, serious question for you. I heard that the batteries on the Prius need to be replaced every few years, and currently we can't recycle them so the only place to get rid of them is the local land fills."

My husband says he thinks you replace them every 4-5 years, this article says every 7-8. So, yeah, it doesn't sound too environmentally friendly unless you can rebuild/recycle them. Maybe when we get those approving looks, we can tell people about our toxic and wasteful battery. Actually, with gas as cheap as it is now, it definitely wasn't worth the cost. But when we bought it, gas was $4.50, looking like it was going up. And we do love the car. My husband enjoys monitoring the constant gas mileage useage (he leaves for a couple of days and I totally screw that up)! Having to replace the battery makes it an expensive car, though the maintenance on it is nil so far.

busdriver, serious question for you. I heard that the batteries on the Prius need to be replaced every few years, and currently we can't recycle them so the only place to get rid of them is the local land fills. From what I've heard, you'll need to replace these multiple batteries at least three times during the life of the vehicle.

Brings up the point I've heard that this makes the Prius not as "environmentally friendly" as many of the people who praise them for that reason are led to believe (LOTS more toxic batteries in our dumps).

Not picking a fight, just trying to see if there is any truth to these rumors.

I own 2 suv's and a mini-van. All purchased used for half of what a Prius would cost. Choke on the smog... I have to pay bills...when I can do that without worry then I'll be concerned about some pseudo man-made issue.

Yeah, but there's a mulligan coming for the ignorant, bd:

Buy a Chevy Volt and shut-up.

It hardly ever varies - bring up the mainline skepticism of the one thing that keeps Al Gore relevant and you'll find youself being lectured as to who believes in evolution and the evils of anti-intellectualism, anti-elititism, and agressive ignorance.

Which is an argument better summed up as: I believe + you don't = you're stupid. Case closed, as is my mind.

It would be fun to dig around as see which political affliations believe that "Organic food" is healthier, that Frankenfood is nutrionally and ecologically evil, that... whatever, but the closest thing to hand was this:
http://pewforum.org/Other-Beliefs-and-Practices/Many-Americans-Mix-Multiple-Faiths.aspx
which suggest that when it comes to open minds, liberals do have them in regards to few things, namely whether they: 1) commune with the dead, 2) see ghosts, and 3) believe in fortune tellers.

"Agressive ignorance" sums it up for me.

Remember when Republican candidates for the nomination in 2008 were asked to raise their hands if they believed in evolution?