[whattajoke]

touche, but that's only because copper is not alive. That tiny little nuance makes a big difference, as you are well aware.

[AndrewC]

touche, but that's only because copper is not alive.

Well, E.coli is alive and billions of them don't make dollar bills. I don't think that jillions of them would make an elephant either. Now give me an unlimited amount of E.coli a few pieces of laboratory ware, a few reagents and I feel confident I could make something resembling a dollar bill.