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Poshtulio t1_is0jr7p wrote

Reply to comment by lughnasadh in South Korean researchers say they have developed an anode-free lithium-ion battery that is 40% more energy dense than existing batteries and will enable EVs to travel 630km (390 miles) on a single charge. by lughnasadh

Am I wrong when discussing the finite amount of resource available to make lithium ion battery’s?

I don’t think the problem with lithium ion is to make it better, but to develop a different battery more available with resources more available.

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throwaway_12358134 t1_is0l7t9 wrote

Lithium is abundant enough on earth. Its estimated that there is about 21 million tons of lithium in the earth's crust and about 1 trillion tons of lithium in the ocean.

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userino69 t1_is0o3i5 wrote

It's irrelevant how abundant an element is in the earth's crust if we don't have the ability to mine those deposits because of their extreme depth or the current unstable dictatorship residing above it. They might as well be on Mars.

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throwaway_12358134 t1_is0pm3i wrote

Lithium is fairly equally distributed, unstable dictatorships are a problem for oil, not lithium. Lithium can be recycled too, gas cannot.

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TheNotSoEvilEngineer t1_is0qw3z wrote

Technically... Gas is a renewable, just takes a long time to go through organic sequestration and pressure to decompose and resequence the hydrocarbons into oil.

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AdorableContract0 t1_is10gi7 wrote

Stretching a definition there. Renewable is defined as less than a generation or lifetime or something.

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scottieducati t1_is0og2l wrote

If you make a battery more energy dense, you need fewer physical cells. This is exactly that, being more efficient with materials

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Street-Promotion-605 t1_is0li7t wrote

The total will be all kinds of batteries and supercapacitors, made from a variety of materials - each suited for the purpose they'll be used for.. it's not an all or nothing solution. As each solution develops they'll become less deadly and more environmentally sound, leading to better recycling. Much like when we were first contemplating the Internet in the 1980s, will it be fiber or wireless, ATM or Ethernet..? well, here we are and it's a mix of technologies made for their specific purpose.

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