From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:104n19f$ga5q$2@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 7/9/2025 5:24 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > Before tax and other fees:   
   >   
   > A 1TB micro SD card weighs about 0.5 grams and costs about $100.  That is   
   > $2834 dollars per ounce.   
   >   
   > A new F250 FX4 Regular Cab weighs about 6148 pounds and costs $50,000   
   > collars.  THAT IS ONLY ABOUT 51 CENTS PER OUNCE.   
   >   
   > Musings in reply:   
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   In 10 years the truck will still have value.  It might even have higher   
   value if it turns out to be one of the "desirable" year/models.   
      
   The Micro SD card will be worthless having been replaced with ZB micro   
   dots.   
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   Some of my backup hard drives cost <$25 per Terabyte on sale. New solar   
   panels cost $0.70 to $1.00 per Watt, and LiFePO4 batteries are below $2.50   
   per Watt-hour, finally making off-grid living economical if they live up to   
   their promised lifespan, my "45W" HF panels didn't. $250 for 5000 discharges   
   of 1 KW each is $0.05 per KWH, lead-acid storage is at best over $0.20/KWH   
   like grid power.   
      
   For many decades before mandates and electronics a car cost around $1-$2 per   
   pound, essentially the cost of raw material plus profit because mass   
   production was so efficient. A fighter jet cost $1000 per pound, which   
   amounts to transmuting aluminum into gold. Oil averaged half an ounce of   
   gold per barrel from 1950 to 1970.   
      
   This laptop model cost up to $1900 when new in 2010, In 2017 I paid $15 for   
   it plus the cost of a new hard drive, battery and more memory. My latest   
   new-to-me laptop from 2019(?) with Win 11 cost $70, and was over ten times   
   that new.   
      
   I'm glad I found my lathe in the early 90's for $1200, look at them now:   
   https://www.ebay.com/itm/236095172642   
      
   That's a lot for a machine tool that has been economically obsolete for many   
   decades. I saw an older Haas go for $10,000 at the auction where I got my   
   plasma cutter for $300.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)