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Other countries are very much the same. Almost always located near giant hydroelectric generation facilities. Brazil + Russia are two big ones that come to mind
by auspiv 10mo ago
Other countries are very much the same. Almost always located near giant hydroelectric generation facilities. Brazil + Russia are two big ones that come to mind. Probably China too.
- wat10000 10mo agoIceland has a massive amount of geothermal and hydroelectricity. A large portion of that electricity is exported in the form of aluminum.
- IAmBroom 10mo agoWhat a fascinating sentence to read!
- morkalork 10mo agoIt's an interesting way to frame it, like how California exports water to Saudi Arabia via alfalfa
- speed_spread 10mo agoAluminum can be thought of as "solid electricity". Base mineral is abundant but transfomation is energy-expensive.