With over 38M [1] households just in Germany that would come to: 19 million metric tons of Al. Each year the people of this planet mine 160 million metric tons

With over 38M [1] households just in Germany that would come to: 19 million metric tons of Al. Each year the people of this planet mine 160 million metric tons of Bauxite [2]. Not sure how the Bauxite ore related in weight to the final product. Maybe this could be a viable option for some energy storage? [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/464187/households-by-size-germany/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/464187/households-by-siz... [2] https://www.aluminum.org/industries/production/bauxite#:~:text=More%20than%20160%20million%20metric%20tons%20of%20bauxite%20are%20mined%20each%20year https://www.aluminum.org/industries/production/bauxite#:~:te....