"That's called exporting aluminum": AI circle jokes China's power glut is already being shipped abroad
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-08
When a research account joked about whether China could export its electricity glut to the US, AI commentator teortaxesTex delivered a punchy reply: "That's called exporting aluminum."
The quip points at a real industrial pattern: China's surplus power is largely absorbed by energy-intensive aluminum smelting, effectively exporting electricity as metal.
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