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  1. 10-12-2009, 07:10 PM #1
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    Statue of liberty

    How much money would you get if you were to scrap it for all the copper?
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  2. 10-12-2009, 07:21 PM #2
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    Why does it matter? It's not going to happen...
    No matter how much it wouldnt be enough.
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  3. 10-12-2009, 07:35 PM #3
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    I was just curious... I have no reason for asking the questions other than my mind is wondering
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  4. 10-12-2009, 07:44 PM #4
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    Dude you're gonna need a big truck to pull that one off lol.

    I have no idea. One would have to first estimate the total weight of copper, and present price of copper per lb.

    I just have no clue how much copper they used. An engineer might know..
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  5. 10-12-2009, 07:49 PM #5
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    Weight of copper used in Statue - 200000 pounds (100 tons)
    Recycled copper is worth up to 90% of the cost of the original copper
    Current price is around $2.65 lb + - (http://www.metalprices.com/FreeSite/...p/cu_scrap.asp)
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    $530,000

    Not very much, only 1/2 million
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    ok so about $1.70 x 200000 = $340,000

    I was expecting it to be a lot more for some reason. So you could get a house maybe if you chose to scrap the statue and sell her for her parts lmao
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  7. 10-12-2009, 07:54 PM #7
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    and ftr that was some impressive team work
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  8. 10-12-2009, 07:56 PM #8
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    Nyc scrap copper is going for about $2.65 a lb. Lovbyts calculations are prolly really close
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  9. 10-12-2009, 08:06 PM #9
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    Yea,show up at the scrap metal place with the whole statue.That would be awesome.
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  10. 10-13-2009, 08:08 AM #10
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    Thanks guys.. I thought it would be more than that, surprising.
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  11. 10-13-2009, 09:57 AM #11
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    Zut alors!
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