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I thought the main selling point was scrapping the catalytic converter for the platinum and palladium inside. In that model a ID system for the catalytic conver

by bhawks 4y ago

I thought the main selling point was scrapping the catalytic converter for the platinum and palladium inside. In that model a ID system for the catalytic converter itself isn't going to put to much friction on illicit activity.

joelcollinsdc 4y ago
It’s not like you can just crack it open and the expensive metal falls out though. It’s an industrial process.
- thepasswordis 4y ago
  Ummm, no that’s almost exactly how it works actually. https://youtu.be/F8pd_p8gppE https://youtu.be/F8pd_p8gppE
  - tehwebguy 4y ago
    Plus with literally hundreds of millions of dollars in profits there’s no problem doing some “industrial process“
  - ipqk 4y ago
    Sort of. The bulk of that material you see is just a ceramic substrate. There's only a few grams of valuable metals in each converter.
- bluGill 4y ago
  It isn't hard to melt those metals out. I used melt aluminum in my backyard, and the forums for that had discussions on other metals. While a backyard process is not going to recover all the metal, it is still going to get plenty.