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[–] waigl@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How are you going to get aluminium if you don't already have electricity, and quite a lot of it?

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think they had it in South America.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

It was ungodly expensive to produce before the Hall Heroult process though, which needs electricity.