¶ Metals: Recirculation of Metals
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Metals: Recirculation of Metals:
"Now suddenly we learn that there are other kinds of resources in this vegetation impoundment. There was some metal; and we learn that through the weapons and through the tools. And then there got to be something made of tools, which was the production, which is a very different thing that we call industry today. And then came realization that there was tin in the Malay States. And tin can be flowed very, very thinly on to sheet steel. And you can use sheet steel very, very thinly, and yet quite adequately; so tinning of the steel brought about the tin can: hermetic sealing. For the first time-- you had to be where the food was or you died because it would rot; and you did learn grains, and you get into wheats and mealies that could last some longer and be transported, but all of that’s rotted. So there is something in that can; for the first time you could send it away. So you didn’t really have to be at a place any more.
“The metals and the new tools brought about an entirely new relationship-- but these were not planted around the world the way the vegetation was. There was a very different world pattern, in fact, as you began to get into them. Just like your telephone”
