In article >, dsi1 >
wrote:

> >> Steel is a purified form of iron. It was an expensive material to
> >> produce until Andrew Carnegie introduced new, cheaper methods of making
> >> steel in America in the 1880s. This made him really rich and made
> >> possible the modern skyscraper - it's great stuff and we still use it
> >> today, a hundred years later.
> >
> > I see I'll have to do some googling.<G> Thanks!
>
> You could watch more TV.

I don't have time.

> I got the above factoid from watching an
> episode from the series "America, The Story of US" on the History Channel.
>
> BTW, iron and steel is eminently recyclable. My guess is that it's the
> number one recycled material along with water. Your car carries the DNA
> of the history of the US auto manufacturing in it's steel parts,
> probably the history of the foreign auto manufacturing too. OTOH, iron
> has been recycled from the beginning - all steel was formed within the
> furnaces of the stars. That blows my mind!

I agree. :-)
I recycle as much as I am allowed...
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