Exactly. My guess is they're being hidden from the sun: one of the few things that would make them degrade. So, what's the plan for their later use? Somebody's planning to dig them up, charge the taxpayers BILLIONS for the effort - and make billions more by selling them (or a product derived from them) for something nefarious.
Won't degrade? We're ALL calling BS. u/TNBanjoMan (above) suggests making a component powder from them. Imagine what could be produced from that powder when fed through a 3-D printer with a few other components. I'm not even that smart and I can smell a plot from way over here.
Based on what I've read, they're made out of a ridiculously strong fiber glass composite in order to have the tensile strength required to be that long while holding up to the type of stress they're under.
Strong enough that it requires a diamond blade to cut through them. It's apparently a tremendous amount of labor and cost to shred the things.
That being said, you bring up a great idea, Hellann. Why not repurpose them for fencing? There has to be plenty of other useful applications for the things as there's no shortage of situations where extremely strong but thin and light materials are needed for jobs.
How strong are they? Fencing?
Exactly. My guess is they're being hidden from the sun: one of the few things that would make them degrade. So, what's the plan for their later use? Somebody's planning to dig them up, charge the taxpayers BILLIONS for the effort - and make billions more by selling them (or a product derived from them) for something nefarious.
Won't degrade? We're ALL calling BS. u/TNBanjoMan (above) suggests making a component powder from them. Imagine what could be produced from that powder when fed through a 3-D printer with a few other components. I'm not even that smart and I can smell a plot from way over here.
Fencing… as in « BUILD THE WALL »?
Otherwise, what about making ammo from their shards?
Based on what I've read, they're made out of a ridiculously strong fiber glass composite in order to have the tensile strength required to be that long while holding up to the type of stress they're under.
Strong enough that it requires a diamond blade to cut through them. It's apparently a tremendous amount of labor and cost to shred the things.
That being said, you bring up a great idea, Hellann. Why not repurpose them for fencing? There has to be plenty of other useful applications for the things as there's no shortage of situations where extremely strong but thin and light materials are needed for jobs.