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In racoon we trust (piefedimages.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com)
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Picture of a racoon being interviewed with the caption: ‘Recycling is a myth created by the liberal news media. Put everything in the trash. Trust me’
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Recycling aluminum saves 96% of the energy of producing new.

I believe that Iceland is home to some incredible geothermal networks, and thus they can produce aluminum at a volume and rate that outstrips any other nation by a mile.

That said, I'm curious how the electricity would be transferred from Iceland's geothermal plants with maximum fidelity. Follow-up, if that number changes, so should the "96%", correct? I'm no engineer, barely an oneironaut, so I'm just throwing it out there, in case anyone can break that down? 🤓

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling

    Aluminium recycling is the process in which secondary commercial aluminium is created from scrap or other forms of end-of-life or otherwise unusable aluminium.[1] It involves re-melting the metal, which is cheaper and more energy-efficient than the production of virgin aluminium by electrolysis of alumina (Al2O3) refined from raw bauxite by use of the Bayer and Hall–Héroult processes.

    Recycling scrap aluminium requires only 5% of the energy used to make new aluminium from the raw ore.[2]

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Care to take a swing at the other points I brought up? Thanks for the silent clarification via wiki, though. That's a step.

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