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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2738462, member: 27832&quot;]Maybe. But:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Since platinum-group metals <i>are</i> so expensive, there&#039;s constant research pressure to find cheaper replacements for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) These metals are <i>heavily</i> recycled. If people start buying more new cars, more old ones will go to the scrapyard -- and at this point, most of the &quot;old cars&quot; are still new enough to have catalytic converters.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Don&#039;t discount the move away from fossil fuels, and toward increased fuel efficiency in the vehicles that <i>do</i> burn them. I expect to see at least the beginning of the end of mass-market fossil-fuel internal combustion engines in my lifetime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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