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RE: [T3] Gauging metal/thickness


On 16 Nov 98, at 11:20, John Jaranson wrote:

>  Ford specifications call
> out recycled steel content on all of it vehicles.  They have a
> corporate mandate to use 25% by weight of recycled materials in
> the cars and trucks.  This goes for plastics as well as steel and
> aluminum.

Really!  Plastics too.  That's great.  But is that 25% of the total 
weight of the vehicle (easily done with the steel and alum) or 25% of 
each of the component types of mateirals (25% of the steel, 25% of 
the Al, 25% of the copper, 25% of the HDPE,...?)

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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