Comments on: Where the turf meets the surf … but not Chinese waste products http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/where-the-surf-meets-the-turf-but-not-chinese-waste-products/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/where-the-surf-meets-the-turf-but-not-chinese-waste-products/comment-page-1/#comment-95914 The OTHER Pat Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:40:28 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/07/18/where-the-surf-meets-the-turf-but-not-chinese-waste-products/#comment-95914 I wonder where they're getting the discarded wire insulation from? ( I know - from China - but I mean more specifically, from what process?) I used to work in a lab where I built test splices in telephone cable, and I stripped my fair share of wire. It's a process that involves closing a stripping tool around the wire and pulling away the insulation. I would absolutely believe that small shavings of copper come along with it. Probably unavoidable. But I only stripped short lengths to expose bare wire for good connections. I'm going to guess (this is PURELY a guess, but it makes sense in my mind) that the Chinese are using their cheap labor force to strip copper wires so that they can reclaim the copper (which has gone WAY up in price). On that basis alone I hate the idea because once again the Chinese are taking advantage of their "cheap" labor force to make a buck (if my guess is true, that is). As to the material itself - I gotta think it's the grease/jelly in the cable itself that helps the track material. So why don't they just go to the cable manufacturing company (Anaconda is one name I remember) and get the actual grease/jelly that they pack into the cable that they make and see how THAT works? I wonder where they’re getting the discarded wire insulation from? ( I know - from China - but I mean more specifically, from what process?)

I used to work in a lab where I built test splices in telephone cable, and I stripped my fair share of wire. It’s a process that involves closing a stripping tool around the wire and pulling away the insulation. I would absolutely believe that small shavings of copper come along with it. Probably unavoidable.

But I only stripped short lengths to expose bare wire for good connections. I’m going to guess (this is PURELY a guess, but it makes sense in my mind) that the Chinese are using their cheap labor force to strip copper wires so that they can reclaim the copper (which has gone WAY up in price).

On that basis alone I hate the idea because once again the Chinese are taking advantage of their “cheap” labor force to make a buck (if my guess is true, that is).

As to the material itself - I gotta think it’s the grease/jelly in the cable itself that helps the track material. So why don’t they just go to the cable manufacturing company (Anaconda is one name I remember) and get the actual grease/jelly that they pack into the cable that they make and see how THAT works?

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