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Aluminum beverage cans are an engineering marvel: https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw

• TimSchumann 7y ago
  Fun fact -- 15,000+ aluminum cans are manufactured every second. Every. Second. Really hope Bill keeps putting out videos, but I understand how life gets and it's not his full time job.
  • s9w 7y ago
    is that right? That would be something like 5 per day per person on earth.
    • hackandtrip 7y ago
      Isn't it 5 persons per can?
      • s9w 7y ago
        right, oops
        • TimSchumann 7y ago
          I think the number you were shooting for is 15k cans/second = roughly one can every 5 days for each person on the planet.
    • TimSchumann 7y ago
      If it's off, it's likely less than an order of magnitude off. It's based on the numbers in the video, which he states as half a trillion cans a year from 2015. If anything, I'd guess the number is a touch low.
      • deleted 7y ago
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      • PopeDotNinja 7y ago
        Well I just drank my daily 8 cans of Diet Pepsi.
• deg4uss3r 7y ago
  My dad worked in a plant growing up, right before college my summer job was cleaning the washing ovens to "make sure I value my education and don't drop out." Amazing to see the aluminum pucks and machinery and get up close and take it apart to clean it, I don't think my dad was worried after the foreman asked him if I was going to be mechanical engineer.