• oregoncom [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    It's gonna be real funny when all the rich assholes who invested in Lithium mines lose all their momey when Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Sodium Ion Batteries become the mainstream.

      • oregoncom [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Yeah I saw some demos on bilibili. They're still not quite as good as lithium but similar enough that any fears of a "lithium shortage" during a time of crisis is basically wishful thinking now lmao.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
          hexagon
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          8 months ago

          Exactly, and it's also worth noting that longer ranges you can get with lithium only matter for private cars. A lot of transportation such as buses, trucks, and so on, can run on fixed routes, so you just need a battery big enough to handle that. Incidentally, this is another argument in favor of public transport over private vehicle ownership.

          • Moss [they/them]
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            8 months ago

            Extract salt from the ocean, extract sodium from salt. Turn sodium into batteries, throw batteries into the ocean. That's the beautiful circle of life

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 months ago

      You act like they won't pressure US congress to ban the "dangerous" new battery technology so they can maintain their monopoly.

      • oregoncom [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Sleeper builds in 2034: "No officer this car doesn't have any of those godless commie hydrogen fuel cells. It's all good old Nevada Lithium. I just paid for the Tesla™ Pro Maxx XL 2 advanced battery discharge™ service package is all."

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        The US sold an advanced battery license to china because they didn’t take it seriously. China reached out to the American scientists and engineers who developed it to help guide their production. Now Americans can’t afford to produce it like china and china refuses to sell it to Americans despite it being a requirement for the license lol capitalist-laugh

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      8 months ago

      Excuse my ignorance but is this the sodium found in desalination sludge? If so does that they can reuse that sludge rather than dumping it?