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The Statue of Liberty is just sitting there too - it would be far more valuable recycling all that copper and putting it to use. Could there perhaps be another

by crote 3y ago

The Statue of Liberty is just sitting there too - it would be far more valuable recycling all that copper and putting it to use. Could there perhaps be another reason we haven't melted it down yet?

Retric 3y ago
> The Statue of Liberty is just sitting there too - it would be far more valuable recycling all that copper and putting it to use. The US makes a several orders of magnitude more money from the Statue of Liberty where it is than they would get from its scrap value. https://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/fees.htm https://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/fees.htm
- BobaFloutist 3y ago
  The same math could probably be done for sustainable stewardship of our oceans, just with more steps.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > same math could probably be done for sustainable stewardship of our oceans, just with more steps Could it? We can measure the cash flow the Statue of Liberty produces relative to its commodity value. A pristine deep sea certainly has value. But it's difficult to argue that every square inch of it is more valuable than the commodities on and below it. Particularly when you start trading off extraction there against terrestrial mining.
    - dopidopHN 3y ago
      How fish were fished from place X 40 years ago. How much now. Make the difference.
s0rce 3y ago
Seems highly unlikely, tourism economic value must exceed the scrap value of the copper...
tacocataco 3y ago
"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" It's remarkable how people forget how we all got here.
- pimlottc 3y ago
  Don't forget about the people who were already here, too
sandworm101 3y ago
>> another reason we haven't melted it down yet? Because it was gift. It was supported in the US locally by donations, but it was conceived and built in France as a gift to a younger nation.

by crote 3y ago

The Statue of Liberty is just sitting there too - it would be far more valuable recycling all that copper and putting it to use. Could there perhaps be another reason we haven't melted it down yet?

Retric 3y ago

> The Statue of Liberty is just sitting there too - it would be far more valuable recycling all that copper and putting it to use. The US makes a several orders of magnitude more money from the Statue of Liberty where it is than they would get from its scrap value. https://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/fees.htm https://www.nps.gov/stli/planyourvisit/fees.htm

BobaFloutist 3y ago
The same math could probably be done for sustainable stewardship of our oceans, just with more steps.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > same math could probably be done for sustainable stewardship of our oceans, just with more steps Could it? We can measure the cash flow the Statue of Liberty produces relative to its commodity value. A pristine deep sea certainly has value. But it's difficult to argue that every square inch of it is more valuable than the commodities on and below it. Particularly when you start trading off extraction there against terrestrial mining.
  - dopidopHN 3y ago
    How fish were fished from place X 40 years ago. How much now. Make the difference.

s0rce 3y ago

Seems highly unlikely, tourism economic value must exceed the scrap value of the copper...

tacocataco 3y ago

"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" It's remarkable how people forget how we all got here.

pimlottc 3y ago
Don't forget about the people who were already here, too

sandworm101 3y ago

>> another reason we haven't melted it down yet? Because it was gift. It was supported in the US locally by donations, but it was conceived and built in France as a gift to a younger nation.