To: NormsRevenge
Gallium is $1000 a pound.
11 posted on
05/18/2007 10:48:39 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Treaty)
To: RightWhale
Gallium is $1000 a pound. But it doesn't get consumed in the process -- the same gallium can be reused infinitely. So, it's a one-time cost in the manufacturing of the fuel system, rather than a recurring cost. Also, it doesn't have to be high-grade gallium, a fair bit of it can come from the byproducts of the semiconductor industry.
17 posted on
05/18/2007 10:52:59 AM PDT by
kevkrom
("Government is too important to leave up to the government" - Fred Dalton Thompsn)
To: RightWhale
Another lunatic scheme from the hydronauts.
33 posted on
05/18/2007 11:04:24 AM PDT by
SAJ
(debunking myths about markets and prices on FR since 2001)
To: RightWhale
However - the gallium is not used up - it’s a catalyst. and the aluminum is turned into alumina - which can be re-smeltedback into pure metal alloy.
41 posted on
05/18/2007 11:16:10 AM PDT by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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