Re: [CR] [Frame] Green metal

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:48:03 -0800
From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] [Frame] Green metal


Canada didn't have a viable aluminum industry until they damned up all the rivers, which kills all the fish, to get the electricity at ungodly cheap rates, to purify the aluminum. They are now #2 in the world after China in hydropower, most of it is used for aluminum smelting. So, I think aluminum comes last, because it ruins the waterways of the country that produces it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity http://www.canhydropower.org/hydro_e/pdf/hydropower_past_present_future_en.pdf

- Don (half Canadian) Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA