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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
Yes. Smelting aluminum takes a lot of electricity and Canada has a lot of cheap hydroelectric power. My Canadian friend refers to his power company as “Hydro, as in “our hydro bill was up this month.” Around here we should say, “Our coal bill was up this month.”
When they all stop being computer programmers coal should get cheaper again.

And no that’s not a dig at coal miners. Those guys actually work for a living.
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