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Re:Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity... by chii on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:48AM (#28274113)
export aluminium - often called solidified electricity.
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Re:Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity... by ginko on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:53AM (#28274149)
Seems obvious considering Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite.
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Re:Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity... by jeeeb on Monday August 23, 2021 @07:19AM (#28274276)
Yup. Australia is one of the world’s largest Aluminium exporters currently, although I doubt that has much to do with using excess solar energy.
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Re:Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity... by ginko on Monday August 23, 2021 @07:23AM (#28274295)
They aren't though. They're only number 6, despite producing the most bauxite by far.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_primary_a...

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Re:Solar power in Australia outstrips coal-fired electricity... by jeeeb on Monday August 23, 2021 @07:39AM (#28274392)
Australia is the 6th largest producer and 5th largest exporter of aluminium. To me that fits well within the statement “one of the world’s largest”

Of course Australia also sells a lot of bauxite to China.

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