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[-] nightlily@leminal.space 4 points 19 hours ago

Yeah it takes insane amounts of electricity. There’s an aluminium smelter in NZ with an entire hydroelectric power plant dedicated to it. 13% of the total electricity supply of NZ dedicated to just one smelter.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

holy crap that's immense; how do you power concrete production?

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