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Worldwide Aluminum Shortage

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The only problems with aluminium are that its production consumes an gigantic amount of energy and that it is very bad for the environment.

Since the US consumes by far the largest amount of energy and did not sign the kyoto protocoll (to protect the environment) there should be not problem with that.
 
Carbon fibre

johnnowak said:
I wish they'd go back to plastic. It feels better and doesn't scratch nearly as easily. And maybe go back to black too. Black is a good shade for computers methinks. Or brown. Mm.
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Heard a rumor that apple could be using carbon fibre casings for the new powerbook g5. Given Jonathan Ive's use of new materials this could be possible. Lets hope they come out soon along with a new version of vectorworks. :) :p
 
frem001 said:
Heard a rumor that apple could be using carbon fibre casings for the new powerbook g5. Given Jonathan Ive's use of new materials this could be possible. Lets hope they come out soon along with a new version of vectorworks. :) :p
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I hope not. They would be really expensive, and they wouldn't handle the heat very well. I think they'll be aluminum, or some other not-too-expensive metal.
 
So after my mini shipping date was just pushed back to May 6 from April 15th (I ordered on march 25th) I called Apple - the guy actually used the "global aluminum shortage" as an excuse for why it's gonna take 5-6 weeks for mini to get here.....WHATEVER
 
gemio17 said:
So after my mini shipping date was just pushed back to May 6 from April 15th (I ordered on march 25th) I called Apple - the guy actually used the "global aluminum shortage" as an excuse for why it's gonna take 5-6 weeks for mini to get here.....WHATEVER
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Please put the time of the call, the number you called and the "rep" you spoke to.

I want it to be here - I'm going to "get something done about reps saying stupid things"
 
canadianmacguy said:
I completely agree.. the "aluminum" machines from Apple are probably just aluminum coated, so just a few microns of sprayed aluminum..
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a few micron of "sprayed" aluminum?... so what now we have aluminum paint? stop the fud.
 
603 said:
MacOSRumors suggests that the next PowerBooks will be made of carbon fiber... might be neat, who knows. what's next, ground effects... ? copy and paste: macosrumors.com/41004A.html

they might be wrong about carbon fiber casings, but they're right about the "Armani Suit" bit. i second the recommendations for going back to black. think not of the dull off-gray of a Dell or IBM machine... more like an inverse iBook, glossy and dangerous. it would look totally stealth.
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HM, CARBON Fiber would be some move. I'm not sure that it will be good for heat dissipation, but at least it's considerably rugged. It needs to be well coated though, otherwise te fibers may unravel...

It can also break if hit on a plain straight surface. Just remember, Columbia crashed because the leading edge of the wing (carbon fiber) was cracked up from a piece of foam coming at it at high speed.
 
603 said:
MacOSRumors suggests that the next PowerBooks will be made of carbon fiber... might be neat, who knows. what's next, ground effects... ? copy and paste: macosrumors.com/41004A.html
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Carbon Fiber, if the material isn't finished and some of the carbon fiber dust gets into the mobo, kiss the thing goodbye.

Would look cool though!
 
fdml said:
The only problems with aluminium are that its production consumes an gigantic amount of energy and that it is very bad for the environment.

Since the US consumes by far the largest amount of energy and did not sign the kyoto protocoll (to protect the environment) there should be not problem with that.
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guess it is a good thing that it is infinitely recycleable then. and the states backed out.. not didnt sign. but that protocol is rediculous anyways... buy other peoples extra reduction??? ya that is really helping anything.
 
I'm surprised that the idea of Apple starting to collect Aluminum for recycling at its local stores hasn't caught on yet! :D
 
bennetsaysargh said:
iRecycle a your local apple store :)
ships starting in May...




2007 ;)
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WHat is your 'tar?

Looks like a cross between the Ally McBeal dancing baby in an epilleptic seizure and the dancing iPod girl. :D
 
rdowns said:
WHat is your 'tar?

Looks like a cross between the Ally McBeal dancing baby in an epilleptic seizure and the dancing iPod girl. :D
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yep, that's it :) still have yet to have time to add in the ipod itself into it.
 
iBrodie said:
Maybe if we send Apple enough alumnium cans they will send us some free powerbooks :D Next thing your going to hear is there is a shortage of silicone :p
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As a chemistry teacher I'm appalled. :eek:
Ah yes, the wonderful metalloid element silicon. Not a mixture like silicone. But if it were silicone, you would have one waterproof portable.
 
No aluminum shortage!

My father-in-law works for Alcoa. I asked him about the rumored aluminum shortage and he just laughed and said "Not hardly!"
 
US not largest contributor to world pollution

fdml said:
The only problems with aluminium are that its production consumes an gigantic amount of energy and that it is very bad for the environment.

Since the US consumes by far the largest amount of energy and did not sign the kyoto protocoll (to protect the environment) there should be not problem with that.
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True... but the US is not the largest contributor of pollution. Check the charts mate.
 
No way, the Al commodities market is quite thick. If the machine were solid Aluminum it wouldn't slow production - not at $1500-$3000 ASPs....

By the way, I just dropped my Powerbook and not have a big-ass dent in the corner thanks to the Aluminum case --- not happy.
 
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