I left work and saw the new price of gas. $2.09. I had to do a double take to make sure I was seeing right. Yep, I was. I can't remember when it was ever that low. What happened? and why did it take so long?
Oh, I have been researching ancient technology for my nieces' fairytales. It is set as the shift between bronze and iron ages when much empire building started. Anyhow, I read that part of the reason iron became so popular even though it was weaker than bronze in the beginning of its manufacture, was the sudden scarcity of tin supplies required to make bronze. This drove the price of bronze into the sky, and iron daggers were transformed into swords and plate armor. Hundreds of years later iron helmets (iron is heavy on the head) started being made crudely since it is hard to work with once they figured out how to make iron harder with wood ashes (charcoal) or lesser metals to make steele. My, how that translate into our times.
Later.
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