penny

This might be just stupid, but here goes. I've read pre 1982 pennies are made with copper. If I glued a layer or two into or on a shoebox, or whatever, would that work to make a small EMP proof box? Or is the copper content not high enough? Could it be used as a layer. Something like tinfoil...

Hey everybody. I'm about to go to my cousin's house Friday, and while we're camping out, we're gonna need a small camp stove that'll boil some water in just a few minutes. Since I don't want to bring a lug a camp stove along, I was thinking that maybe we can make a penny stove, or soda can stove...