this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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A little short for a starship, isn't he?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most steel is (unfortunately) made in Chinese blast furnaces using coal coke and powered with electricity from coal power plants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Im aware, I was giving a best possible circumstances type situation. Still the steel for both is probably sourced from the same factory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.