silver wire

[Talapus]

That is what was holding back this implementation for so long. To do that, we would have to go through and change every radio and wire project in the game. Nobody is willing to do that, so we just have to live with this kludge for now.

[ceselb]

So, umm.. Make a new "Low power copper wire" item, make the old one not buildable. Have both in parallel for the radios. Wait a few months. When someone has time, remove the old unused stuff (or just let it be as it's not in the way when unbuildable).
This removes the need to fiddle with existing projects and will accomplish my suggestion over time.