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A tantalising prospect: Exotic, useful metals such as titanium are about to become cheap & plentiful
The Economist ^
| February 16, 2013
Posted on 02/14/2013 8:43:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: dalereed
>>Thankfull that Medicare paid for my titanium hip!!!<<
The taxpayers paid for your titanium hip.
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posted on
02/14/2013 10:19:35 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(When democracy turns to tyranny, we still get to vote. We just won't use voting booths to do it.)
To: B4Ranch
“The taxpayers paid for your titanium hip.”
The amount of taxes I’ve had to pay over the years, I think i paid for it a few times over!
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posted on
02/14/2013 10:29:47 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: dalereed
No, you paid for others to have similar treatments.
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posted on
02/14/2013 10:58:44 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(When democracy turns to tyranny, we still get to vote. We just won't use voting booths to do it.)
To: B4Ranch
In any ponzi scheme it pays to get in early!!!
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posted on
02/14/2013 11:05:30 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: Little Pig
Tantalum (and Nairobium) is also used in different grades of carbide to increase edgewear and prevent plastic deformation when cutting alloy steels...
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. Julian L. Simon is right again.
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posted on
02/15/2013 7:04:51 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: neverdem
To: GeronL
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posted on
02/15/2013 7:47:36 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: bmwcyle
That could take a while. But we could have our own drones
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posted on
02/15/2013 8:03:29 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
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posted on
02/15/2013 10:04:29 PM PST
by
neverdem
( Xin loi min oi)
To: fini
Or how about a light weight but superstrong coating of titanium down the center of a nylon barrel ~ you could 3D print that.
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posted on
02/21/2013 3:32:00 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: UCANSEE2
and for my next trick, I will turn lead into gold.That's nothing.
Obama has turned tons of gold into lead.
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posted on
02/21/2013 5:28:49 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein.)
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posted on
03/01/2013 10:52:18 AM PST
by
RebelTex
(Soli Deo Gloria, "To God alone the glory")
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