> As China and other places green, you can expect the price of aluminum to rise and production to float to other places.
It's the opposite. As green energy gets cheaper than the traditional sources (subsidized or not), only then you get a massive shift to the green energy. Until then only very rich countries can subsidize enough green energy to make any meaningful changes.
I think there's a shared understanding about the dangers of coal. "Is it worth it?" isn't just a pure economic play at some point. Or, if you'd rather, you can't continue to externalize costs that come from using dirty coal.
It's the opposite. As green energy gets cheaper than the traditional sources (subsidized or not), only then you get a massive shift to the green energy. Until then only very rich countries can subsidize enough green energy to make any meaningful changes.