Skip to main content

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

1
  • Both cheap and renewable. Aluminum was at one time priced a thousand times higher than gold for even an ounce. There were many years going into World War 2 of an aluminum shortage but these fears proved totally unfounded. Today there is actually a glut of Aluminum so the cheap energy is a market necessity as the demand for Aluminum ingots simply is not there as it was during World War 2. Steel remains the dominant metal for production as it is far more malleable and far less energy intensive to create...and thus far cheaper. Also steel is 100% recyclable leaving Aluminum stuck in the soda pop Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 21:50