Order Your Mav While You Can: a global shortage of magnesium could result in a near-total shutdown of the auto industry.

[MakinDoForNow]

I'm seeing my vehicle values skyrocket.....

I am daily reliving everything I threw away that maybe had chips in them.

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[L Martin]

“Magnesium has an incredibly short lifetime” is total BS. It can be stored forever. Just keep it away from moisture or any other oxidizer.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Well ain’t that kick in the teeth?

Well at least a potential one.

Makes one wonder whether one shouldn’t hold on to those trade-ins awhile longer to see how this plays out.

Sounds like you are about ready for stock trading.

 

[The Weatherman]

Sounds like you are about ready for stock trading.

way ahead of ya

 

[bombast]

“Magnesium has an incredibly short lifetime” is total BS. It can be stored forever. Just keep it away from moisture or any other oxidizer.

Magnesium is difficult to store because of how reactive it is. It can be stored, but it is a costly process.

Magnesium also reacts with a lot of stuff besides water. This is one of the properties that makes it so damn flammable (though this is not the primary storage concern).

 

[john218]

My thought exactly... Mav on order & (was going to) replace our oldie but goodie - 2004 FX4 SuperCrew F150 w/ 5.4 3V V8 & only 72K orig. miles and we're orig. owners also... so yeah, might just have an older big brother in the driveway for a bit

I miss my 2004 F150 everyday, had 260,00 miles and going strong on it when I got rid of it.

 

[L Martin]

Magnesium is difficult to store because of how reactive it is. It can be stored, but it is a costly process.

Magnesium also reacts with a lot of stuff besides water. This is one of the properties that makes it so damn flammable (though this is not the primary storage concern).

 

[L Martin]

I agree entirely but that is totally different from having an “incredibly short half-life“ which is wrong and deliberately misleading.

 

[Canis]

Oh boy. I really need to stop hesitating and put in an order ASAP... and wait (with everyone else lol).

 

[clavicus]

I agree entirely but that is totally different from having an “incredibly short half-life“ which is wrong and deliberately misleading.

Dunno if it matters, but the actual words were: (not half-life)

This slowdown in magnesium wouldn’t be such an issue if the metal could be easily stored, but it’s got an incredibly short life span on its own. Magnesium oxidizes relatively quickly, and European reserves are expected to run dry by the end of November.​

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I guess it's not rapidly splitting atomic nuclei like plutonium lol. I also wonder if it's reaaaallly that hard to store in the context of immediate demand for it currently.

https://www.made-in-china.com/products-search/hot-china-products/Pure_Magnesium.html

 

[bombast]

I guess it's not rapidly splitting atomic nuclei like plutonium lol. I also wonder if it's reaaaallly that hard to store in the context of immediate demand for it currently.

No, storage probably isn't a concern at the moment considering demand. It is, how, a concern for any mining company that considers expanding it's operations. They have to consider what happens if demand suddenly falls and now they have to decide on whether they should let a bunch of expensive equipment rust before it's paid off, or if they should keep sprinting and store it hoping demand picks back up again.

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