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During World War II there was a shortage of copper in the US so generators were wound with aluminum instead because it was more plentiful. Perhaps it's a simila
by burger_moon 9y ago
During World War II there was a shortage of copper in the US so generators were wound with aluminum instead because it was more plentiful. Perhaps it's a similar thing with steel vs aluminum availability.
- walshemj 9y agoIt parts of the uk the last mile of phone lines was done in AL when copper was really expensive. Milton Keyes famously has this of course this means that ADSL didn't work Edited to change AU to AL
- falsedan 9y agoIf I had gold wires I sure as heck would rip them out, darn the DSL signal.
- walshemj 9y agooops a senior moment there AL not AU
- digi_owl 9y agoI have heard of train lines getting switched because the copper ones would constantly get stolen...
- walshemj 9y agothe wiring beside the tracks absolutely you quite often get delays due to some one trying to rip out coper - the dumb criminals try and rip fibre out
- digi_owl 9y agoYeah i recall reading about some eastern European nation that lost their net connection for some time because some elderly lady dug up their fiber while looking for copper.