Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!galaxy.rutgers.edu!sugra!ken From: ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Apropos of Aluminum saves energy (was Re: Gold saves energy) Message-ID: <1991Jun10.020000.3622@sugra.uucp> Date: 10 Jun 91 02:00:00 GMT References: <16679@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Organization: Private computer - Bloomfield NJ USA Lines: 16 In article <16679@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, haynes@felix.ucsc.edu (99700000) writes: : During World War II a lot of silver was taken out of the national : stockpile and used to make power busbars for plants producing aluminum : (which requires lots of electricity). I guess the reason was that : the silver was available and all the copper they could get was needed : for war purposes where it was expendable. My source was from a book on the Manhatten Project. To build the electro- magnets they borrowed some silver from the Treasury department. Supposedly the Treasury people almost had a heart attack when the Manhatten people said "oh about 20-30 tons" when asked how much silver was needed. :-) -- Kenneth Ng Please reply to ken@hertz.njit.edu until this machine properly recieves mail. "No problem, here's how you build it" -- R. Barclay, ST: TNG