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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by Scoundreller on Sunday June 20, 2021 @02:19PM (#27572552)
Cars get recycled though, maybe not to automotive steel grade, but autos are more like metal storage than metal destruction.
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Re:Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age H... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday June 20, 2021 @04:10PM (#27573464)
Metals can be recycled perfectly to space/medical/marine/any grade, they do not degrade like plasics. You can get a collection of metal scraps and produce pure elemental iron if you want
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