grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-21 month agoAluminum used to be so hard to process that if was seen as a status of the most wealthy. Napoleon would present his most honored guest with plate made from Aluminum and his less honorable guests with…thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down14
arrow-up1140arrow-down1imageAluminum used to be so hard to process that if was seen as a status of the most wealthy. Napoleon would present his most honored guest with plate made from Aluminum and his less honorable guests with…thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareWolf314159@startrek.websitecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoThat’s literally the answer though. They used electricity to process aluminum in a new way and much much much more cheaply than was possible before.
minus-squaredeft@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoNo yeah I wasn’t kidding. I genuinely understand now
minus-squareWolf314159@startrek.websitecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoSorry, hard to tell sometimes. I was afraid that I was too intentionally vague at first.
minus-squaredeft@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoLol it’s okay it is the Internet. Thanks for free education
Electricity.
Ahh I understand now
That’s literally the answer though. They used electricity to process aluminum in a new way and much much much more cheaply than was possible before.
No yeah I wasn’t kidding. I genuinely understand now
Sorry, hard to tell sometimes. I was afraid that I was too intentionally vague at first.
Lol it’s okay it is the Internet. Thanks for free education