Scrapyards are recycling about 96% by weight of a scrapyard car. By re-manufacturing parts, they're only using 15% as much energy as it is to make a new part. And the car makers are under pressure from legislators to increase their levels of recycling and look more to their carbon emissions.
Military types need not wait until mass movements of troops to know a conflict is coming. We examine a raft of subtle and not-so-subtle market moves that would precede a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. France’s quiet volte face on the extent of NATO and the European Union will reshape European security (12:04). And how scrapyards are becoming efficient, lucrative disassembly lines (19:41).
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