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Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by jillesvangurp on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:53AM (#18389153)
Energy prices are going to be key here. The mistake would be assuming they are a constant though. They've been trending down and lately coal has been considered on the expensive end of the spectrum. Those prices have been trending down due to clean energy prices dropping. Both solar and wind are now winning bids on price that used to go to coal plants. Also as coal plants shut down and coal mines are closed, coal might actually get more hard to get (i.e. more expensive). Some recent solar plants are delivering power well below the prices you cite (I've heard prices going as low as 3-4 cents/kWh).

I could imagine most steel plants are big enough that they'd want their own infrastructure in any case. So, for a future steel plant based on this stuff with its own cheap energy supply, it might end up being cheaper and cleaner. That could end up being really disruptive.

Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by salty_biscuits on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @04:19AM (#18389465)
Energy prices and the price of carbon dioxide emissions, especially in Europe.
Re:A new way to make steel could cut 5% of CO2 emissions at ... by opwieurposiu on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @04:13PM (#18394953)
Cokeing coal for making steel is a different grade then what is typically burned at power power plants.