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sandworm101yesterday at 10:59 PM2 repliesview on HN

It is going to get worse. Iron/steel and aluminum are some of the most common elements on the planet. They are literally everywhere. The cost is in the energy for production, and to a lesser extent transport. But energy is not only going to become more expensive but actually hard to get (thank you again AI). Canada has energy, from empty land for wind/solar/hydro, to oil, to enormous piles of uranium ore. That is not an enemy worth making.


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nine_ktoday at 12:15 AM

I remember people taking about smelting aluminum as a way to put overproduced solar electricity to a good use. Would come in very handy now.

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MisterTeatoday at 1:32 AM

If only there was a way to replace a BOF or arc furnace with Nvidia Blackwells.