Couldn't agree with you more copperhead...another thing to note is that the population is only going to continue to rise...simple supply n demand... i however dont know if i could hold onto thousands of lbs of CU over the next 10 to 25 years.....I haven't scraped too many new appliances but there definitely is a difference...I applied this same theory to the price of precious metals in the future..more ppl on planet earth equals higher prices for precious metals...ok kinda vague but u get the picture..hell copper could be one eventually