https://www.oann.com/apple-buys-firs...tinto-venture/
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Aluminum is carbon-intensive to produce. The smelting process involves passing electrical current through a large block of carbon called an anode, which burns off during the process and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The carbon-free move is a response to consumer, activist and investor demand that miners and manufacturers show they are working to lessen their impact on [cl*m*t* ch*ng*].
“For more than 130 years, aluminum – a material common to so many products consumers use daily – has been produced the same way. That’s about to change,” Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, said in a statement.
Apple uses aluminum housings for many of its electronics, including iPhones, Apple Watches and Mac computers. Apple last year introduced Mac models that use recycled aluminum.
The Alcoa-Rio joint venture wants to commercialize a technology by 2024 that uses a ceramic anode to make aluminum and emits only oxygen, eliminating direct greenhouse gas emissions from the smelting process.
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Five more days until we can talk about the implications of this, but this appears to be a fundamental shift in a 130 year old industry. By a consortium of aluminum companies, Apple and Canadian governmental bodies.
Similar to
carbon negative concrete. It's too bad the world is going to stainless steel.
