Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agoI'm not kidding when I say for the FIRST time I actually can grasp the sizestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1780arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1766arrow-down1imageI'm not kidding when I say for the FIRST time I actually can grasp the sizestartrek.websiteStamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square145fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIceblade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMost steel is (unfortunately) made in Chinese blast furnaces using coal coke and powered with electricity from coal power plants.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIm aware, I was giving a best possible circumstances type situation. Still the steel for both is probably sourced from the same factory.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd all steel is made using coal regardless of where it’s produced, except in experimental processes like HYBRIT. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/19/green-steel-swedish-company-ships-first-batch-made-without-using-coal
minus-squareIceblade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSome producers use electric arc furnaces, a few of which use only scrap metal as input, which means they need far less coal and emit far less CO2 than a conventional BOF/BFF setup.
Most steel is (unfortunately) made in Chinese blast furnaces using coal coke and powered with electricity from coal power plants.
Im aware, I was giving a best possible circumstances type situation. Still the steel for both is probably sourced from the same factory.
And all steel is made using coal regardless of where it’s produced, except in experimental processes like HYBRIT.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/19/green-steel-swedish-company-ships-first-batch-made-without-using-coal
Some producers use electric arc furnaces, a few of which use only scrap metal as input, which means they need far less coal and emit far less CO2 than a conventional BOF/BFF setup.