@11112011 here we go.

> In 2021, the United States produced 908,000 metric tons of primary aluminum, significantly below peak domestic output of 5.1 million metric tons in 1980.

Where were the GOP at when we dropped from 5.1 million to the paltry 900,000 metric tons? *crickets*

> U.S. primary aluminum smelting capacity was 1.64 million metric tons in 2021. Domestic primary smelters operated at 55% of rated production capacity. Canadian smelters, by contrast, used nearly all of their 3.27 million metric tons of capacity in 2021.

Guess that's what you get when you put hydropower on Niagra Falls. Canada has all that free electricity to use.

So in reality we were only operating at ~50% capacity anyway, so the actual drop in domestic production was even smaller than they're claiming.

> According to the Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. military requirements for aluminum represent approximately 3% of annual domestic production

🥱

Also the plant in Century’s Hawesville, KY produces the purity we need for defense

God damn dirty liars.

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47294