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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl Member Run Boards >> Environment >> The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain? http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1351145318 Message started by Deathridesahorse on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 4:08pm

Title: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by Deathridesahorse on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 4:08pm

True or false??,... the comments in various forums seem to mention this as a supposed fact!

:-? :-? :-? :-?

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by gizmo_2655 on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 6:19pm

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 4:08pm:

True or false??,... the comments in various forums seem to mention this as a supposed fact!

:-? :-? :-? :-?

Don't most people use washing machines now??

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by Deathridesahorse on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 12:42pm

OOPS, WRONG FORUM!

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by gizmo_2655 on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 12:49pm

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 12:42pm:

OOPS, WRONG FORUM!

Perhaps it is...although why you put a topic about 50+yr old laundry equipment in the environment section is the question

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by Frances on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 1:05pm

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 4:08pm:

[color=#ff0000]The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?

I didn't think salaries in the Police force were that high....

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by Sprintcyclist on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 1:17pm

$1M per year, I would have thought more than that.

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by gizmo_2655 on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 2:05pm

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 4:08pm:

True or false??,... the comments in various forums seem to mention this as a supposed fact!

:-? :-? :-? :-?

Well since there is over 150 million Kms of copper phone line (which I'm guessing is what the thread title refers to), and the mantenance cost is $1 million dollars per year......or 0.0064c per km/year.....Sounds like a good deal to me.. :D :D :D :D :D :D

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by Deathridesahorse on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 5:38pm

gizmo_2655 wrote on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 2:05pm:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 4:08pm:

True or false??,... the comments in various forums seem to mention this as a supposed fact!

:-? :-? :-? :-?

It is about the copper phone lines, yes!

I was questioning the figure and I happened to put it in the wrong thread!

;) ;)

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by muso on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 8:22pm

I just got back from the UK. Did you know that the "bronze" coins in the UK are actually copper plated steel nowadays? - and the newer "silver" coins of lower denomination are nickel plated steel. I wondered why the coins were sticking to the magnetic clasp on my phone cover. Very bizarre.

Maybe they could use copper plated steel for transmission lines. The current is mostly along the outside surface of a conductor.

Title: Re: The copper costs $1M dollars/year to maintain?
Post by Deathridesahorse on Oct 29^th, 2012 at 4:18pm

muso wrote on Oct 26^th, 2012 at 8:22pm:

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LEARN THINGS ;) ;)