Radiators 101
1. Australians mine the aluminium
2. They ship it up to China
3. The Chinese build cheap stuff - but pack it in inpenetrable, hardy packing complete with annoying tie-wires. (They do this on purpose)
4. They send the built stuff back down to us
5. We spend two hours trying to break open the packaging. (Toys cannot be opened. Or torches from Coles)
6. The item breaks within 36 hours.
7. We take it to the tip ... where it gets buried (amongst all the nappies).
8. It breaks down ... over some 300 years.
9. It gets mined again ... back in a fairly raw state by now. The mines are all owned by Chinese. As is rest of Australia
10. The Chinese ship the raw product up to China - now called Austrinia. Our descendants all moved there because housing was cheap.
11. We make cheap beer in aluminium cans - and ship it down to Australia for the Chinese.
12. But the tangs break off and they can't get the beer readily. (We do this on purpose.)
The Wash-up
After three cycles (circa 900 years), the aluminium is too diluted by nappy poo to be of any use.
Closing with a quote from good ol' Aldo: "If aluminium was any good, they'd make steel out of it."
