SV: Re: [sdiy] RoHS

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 11 January 2006 04:01 pm, karl dalen wrote:
> The whole RHos thing is quite strange, at the same time everyone
> in the electronics industry is pestered with its regulations,
> the mining industry is having bonanza times! Here in Scandinavia
> they are reopening old lead mines!
>
> Really bizzare, yeasterday i was personally on one mining site
> to watch with my own eyes the mining compay cleaning up one of
> the old shafts from a mine originally mined in 1753!
> Old as hell but suddenly very, very proffitable!
>
> What the h...ll are they going to using the lead in?
> Im puzzled!

Car batteries.  The materials of which are approaching 100% recycled as it is.  
And they're talking about switching away from 12V to a 42V (?) system?  
That's going to need a lot more battery for each car...

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