hokiewolf said:

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caryking said:

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El Lobo Loco said:

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hokiewolf said:

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El Lobo Loco said:

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hokiewolf said:

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Doing my required homework

Power trumps tariffs as another US aluminium smelter shuts

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/power-trumps-tariffs-another-us-aluminium-smelter-shuts-2026-02-18/

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So it's not the tariffs after all. Price of energy is the driving factor behind not reopening a plant that shut down in 2022.

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no but tariffs are making Aluminum cost more without the benefit of creating more domestic production.

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The article says that one of the primary drivers of the higher power costs is the increased consumption due to AI. It seems the real question is how do we bring the cost of power down to the point where it makes sense to run these operations? In my opinion, we need to be looking very seriously at small scale nuclear plants.

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Coal!

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electricity was already supposed to be half the price in January. Wonder what happened.

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