It takes _more_ material to produce _lower_ value resistor I believe.
Perhaps everything in total is averaged anyway.


Jose Da Silva wrote:
> 
> Think about it, suppose all the manufacturers start shorting the
> material required to create a proper resistance. While those
> manufacturers make an incrementally small extra sum of money due to
> less material getting used, the rest of us run equipment hotter than
> usual, because less resistance is more wattage. More heat, and you know
> about global warming....
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