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by pfdietz 1269 days ago
Steel manufacture does not inherently emit CO2. The current CO2 emission is overwhelmingly from reduction of iron ore to iron metal with coke, but this can be replaced by reduction with hydrogen. Some carbon needs to then be added to the iron to make steel, but this is small compared to the carbon that was in coke, and is not an energy source and need not come from fossil fuels.

The pro-EV people are not ignoring the distinction here. Stop putting your lies in other peoples' mouths.