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Metal: Recirculation of Metals:
"We must redesign the use of the world’s total resources in such a manner as to make those now engaged exclusively in the service of only 44 percent of humanity adequate to the effective service of 100 percent of humanity at higher standards of living despite a continually decreasing inventory.
“For instance, all our metals are constantly being melted up and recirculated. Out of all the copper mined in all history, only 14 percent is not at present in an average ly recirculating 22-year cycle of use; and the 14 percent which is not in present recycling use is now in munitions ships at the bottom of the ocean. Sixty-five percent of all our steel is now made out of scrap. That is roughly the ratio of recirculating metal to new mine production in all of the metals categories. It is perfectly practical to think about taking the metals out of obsolete automobiles, taking all the two-ton automobiles off the road, melting them up and making twice as many higher performance one-ton automobiles from the same metal. You may say that you don’t want more automobiles-- that the parking problems are too great. In speaking of automobiles I am speaking of a familiar industrial tool. I am not advocating more autos. I am simply considering the feasibility of the”
