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I wonder if we can "mine" all of the old copper wires (telephones, etc)?

• maxerickson 9y ago
  It's actually a problem with people breaking into unused houses and ripping out the wiring. Or stealing other metal. Scrap yards in my state (and I'm sure many others) are required to take identification from anyone that sells them metal.
• colonelxc 9y ago
  Copper recycling can be quite profitable. Enough so that people rob houses under construction just to recycle it for cash.
• flukus 9y ago
  There is a very lucrative black market in "recycled" copper. It's been known to be stolen off trucks by the tonne.