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		wat10000 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Running on Empty: Copper Iceland has a massive amount of geothermal and hydroelectricity. A large portion of that electricity is exported in the form of aluminum.

IAmBroom 10 days ago [–]

What a fascinating sentence to read!

speed_spread 9 days ago | | [–]

Aluminum can be thought of as "solid electricity". Base mineral is abundant but transfomation is energy-expensive.

morkalork 10 days ago | | [–]

It's an interesting way to frame it, like how California exports water to Saudi Arabia via alfalfa

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