If it makes you feel any better, he's actually dumber when it comes to science.

man WHAT

I think I heard the sound of millions of civil engineers screaming

If there's one thing I've learned it's that re-using steel that has been mangled in a massive wreck is super easy and the old steel is just as strong as new so long as you iron it flat before taping it back together.

Reuse as scrap metal, maybe? Oh, yeah, that's recycle