According to "How It's Made" produced in Canada, they use both natural gas and the anodes. It's shown on the Discovery Channel here.
-Dave Walton On 11/8/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steel recycling does not use fuel directly. They load a crucible with > scrap and then lower a set of anodes. It's 100 percent electricity . > > Thanks, Tom > 256-656-1924 > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: 11/8/07 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesels Vs Hybrids > > > the alum co built the smelter and the power co built a > > new *Electrical Generating Plant * just for the plant we were > building. > > Both steel and aluminum require a lot of energy to refine. It's > just that steel can make use of fuel heat directly whereas aluminum > requires it to be converted to electricity first. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
