Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoSo the problem with solar is that it bypasses economic rent seeking?hexbear.netimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down12
arrow-up1236arrow-down1imageSo the problem with solar is that it bypasses economic rent seeking?hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoIt’s fine. Unlike fossils, the lithium isn’t burned and released into the air. The resources can be reclaimed. It’s not an infinite cycle of extraction.
minus-squareSmokinStalin [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoLithium woulndt be needed for grid batteries at all. Weight doesnt matter for som permanent stationary installation.
minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWe can retvrn to lead-acid. + for being fully recyclable in a garage. - for lead.
minus-squareSmokinStalin [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoRusty salt batteries would be ideal for grid. Steel and saltwater.
minus-squareshath [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agono, but reprocessing when lithium goes out of date after x cycles isn’t ideal
minus-squarechgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoYou can still put it in the water supply to improve mental health. I guess it’s possible that eventually we sit on a bunch of lithium we don’t know what to do with. What happened to all the mercury and lead? edit: honestly, there are so many potential mobile uses that I’m really not too worried.
It’s fine. Unlike fossils, the lithium isn’t burned and released into the air. The resources can be reclaimed. It’s not an infinite cycle of extraction.
Lithium woulndt be needed for grid batteries at all. Weight doesnt matter for som permanent stationary installation.
We can retvrn to lead-acid.
+ for being fully recyclable in a garage.
- for lead.
Rusty salt batteries would be ideal for grid. Steel and saltwater.
no, but reprocessing when lithium goes out of date after x cycles isn’t ideal
You can still put it in the water supply to improve mental health.I guess it’s possible that eventually we sit on a bunch of lithium we don’t know what to do with. What happened to all the mercury and lead?
edit: honestly, there are so many potential mobile uses that I’m really not too worried.