TooTall - Member
But does the Carbon in Carbon Fibre come from oil is the most stupidest of quotes i have ever heard.
But to help you Yes if you burn oil it produces Carbon.
Nope - sensible question - stupid answer.
Carbon fibre probably does come from an oil source. It can also come from a rayon source, but the processing for that is pretty energy-intensive and uses nasty chemicals.
Just so you know - aluminium isn't mined - bauxite is mined. Aluminium is a very energy-intensive metal to produce. You missed China off your list too - big old producer of the stuff.
OK I just wanted to keep the reply simple
But just for you here is the list of Country's of Bauxite production Tonnes including figures per country
taken from production figures published in 2010 by the British Geological survey all mined in one year.
Total mined Bauxite worldwide was 213,000,000
Australia 62,428,000 Brazil 25,460,700 India 22,999,000 China 21,600,000
Guinea 18,519,010 Indonesia 16,000,000 Jamaica 14,567,738 Russia 6,053,900
Suriname 5,273,195 Venezuela 5,00,000 Kazakhstan 4,962,600 Guyana 2,248,928
Greece 2,220,000 Sierra Leone 1,169,036 Ghana 1,033,368 Turkey 863,404
Bosnia & Herzegovina 800,546 Montenegro 667,053 Hungry 515,061
Iran 500,000 France 160,000 Malaysia 156,785 United States 128,742
Vietnam 80,000 Pakistan 18,082 Mozambique 11,800 Tanzania 5,003