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[–] 9 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

U.S. has 60% reliance on imports for aluminium, USGS data shows

Gulf nations accounted for 22% of U.S. aluminium imports in 2025

I didn't know. Then again, I don't make decisions with any significant implications or consequences.

UAE and Bahrain are the 5th and 6th largest aluminium producers.

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    [–] 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I was just reading the other day the US used to get most of their aluminum from Canada, but decided to put 50% or more tariffs on it, so Canada now sells everything to Europe, which forced the US to get it from the middle East which they then started a war in. So the attacks were only a matter of time, but apparently the dumb fucks in charge were unable to understand any of it and here we are, the absolutely dumbest timeline possible.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    We're literally swimming in the stuff too. It's pretty pricey to extract and process virgin aluminum, unless of course you happen to have a well developed first world extraction industry at hand and several thousand gigawatts of hydroelectric power.

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