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Rio Tinto and Alcoa announce world’s first carbon-free aluminum smelting process; Apple assist; Elysis JV to commercialize

Green Car Congress

This represents 90% of Canada’s production, which ranks fourth in the world behind that of China, Russia and the Middle East. The name refers to the process at the center of aluminum smelting, the electrolysis of alumina; the new technology is also named the Elysis process. million metric tons of primary aluminium.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. In addition, climate change demands that we harness new, renewable sources of energy. 20.84% Apr 17 3:57pm ET † Index Last % Change Dow Jones 8,131.33 And they exist. Here, too, electricity is key.

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