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>90% of the world's iron ore comes from very sunny places. Easier to just ship steel rather than iron ore and ammonia. For the last 10%, move the iron ore the o
by Schroedingersat 4y ago
>90% of the world's iron ore comes from very sunny places. Easier to just ship steel rather than iron ore and ammonia. For the last 10%, move the iron ore the other way (or still use local solar energy, because it is still cheaper than shipping ammonia).
- rstuart4133 4y ago> Easier to just ship steel rather than iron ore and ammonia. Australia has a lot of high grade coal, which can be used for steel making (unlike low grade coal). And Australia has enormous quantities of high grade iron ore (as in you can weld to the rocks found in some parts of the country). Yet to the frustration of many Australian's we don't make steel. Instead we export the coal and ore to countries that make the steel, and they export the finished product back to us.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoEasier to shift the blame for producing 10% of the world's emissions with 0.3% of the world's population that way. Plus doing anything else might see Australia benefiting from their natural resources. Last time a government tried that, the CIA and Britain delivered a new one.