[wplug] OT: WTO was: Re: What is this World Intellectual Property Concept that RMS is pushing?

Zachary Uram netrek at gmail.com
Wed Apr 6 12:09:09 EDT 2005


On Apr 6, 2005 11:28 AM, Philip Reiche <Philip.Reiche at pl.netl.doe.gov> wrote:
> Actually, heat is the big cost, not labor. That's why mills were located
> nearer coalfields than iron ore. Make it expensive to keep the steel hot
> enough to work by forcing the use of expensive (cleaner, sadly) fuel, or
> let the steel cool at any time in the process and you lose the profit,
> and eventually the mill. You can automate away most of the labor, but
> inefficient use of heat will still kill ya.

Ah brings back memories of working on BOXAN project for USS. Happy days!

Zach


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