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Old 04-27-2007, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Geoff Bourquin
The average aluminum beverage can weighs 14 grams. 1 pound is 454 grams. that means about 32-1/2 cans per pound. My last pile of scrap aluminum sold for $.40 per pound. That makes a can worth about 1.2 cents. When I looked at the auction the price was $4550.00. Divided by 1.2 cents per can gives 379,166 cans. You'd better start drinking right now!

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