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And some places this is how entire cities are heated... Well, usually they run out of excess heating in the winter. Perhaps, Yellowstone and Iceland ought to
by jopsen 9y ago
And some places this is how entire cities are heated...
Well, usually they run out of excess heating in the winter.
Perhaps, Yellowstone and Iceland ought to have some heavy industry.
- njarboe 9y agoIceland has some large aluminum smelters and aluminum is 40% of their export income[1]. They do heat their homes with geothermal. It's basically free and when I was there the lowest setting for the heat in my apartment was 22.4C (72F). [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iceland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iceland
- lostlogin 9y agoInteresting link. 800,000 mtpy is a lot of aluminium. While the ‘zero environmental imapct’ claim is controversial, the environment impact is definitely lower than many other producers.