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Melon

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14. Yes. Americans can work in aluminum smelting.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:51 PM

10 hrs ago

I’ve been in smelters. Those are not low paying jobs. The smelters would run all night using off peak electricity. We mine aluminum. Why would we ship to India, process, and ship all the way around the world again? The US is basic in these materials, we don’t need to send materials to third world countries to manufacture.

India uses Russia and Iranian oil bought at a discount to low prices of global commodities. India is not even a US ally. So you support strengthening Russia?

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We're going to lose our Aerospace sector. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 15 hrs ago OP

We need to bring on more cheap reliable power. Nuclear generation etc. Melon 14 hrs ago #1

Why do we need more aluminum smelting? India is totally capable and cost effective. OAITW r.2.0 14 hrs ago #3

Trump will probably strike down the child labor laws. Haggard Celine 13 hrs ago #4

Why do I think there's only one kind of "labor" Trump wants children to do? CaptainTruth 12 hrs ago #10

Yes. Americans can work in aluminum smelting. Melon 10 hrs ago #14

We are not in the top 10 of bauxite producers. OAITW r.2.0 10 hrs ago #15

Because our energy costs have been too high. Melon 9 hrs ago #16

Just depressing and making us weak and vulnerable as a country vapor2 14 hrs ago #2

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Back, when I had a company - before Trump.... OAITW r.2.0 12 hrs ago #12

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