Submitted by nastratin t3_10vuq0g in Futurology
LordOfDorkness42 t1_j7jw1s2 wrote
Reply to comment by commandersprocket in New battery seems to offer it all: lithium-metal/lithium-air electrodes by nastratin
Not to mention, today's useless trivia night just be tomorrow's billion dollars industry.
Like look at bauxite. Before electricity it was literally considered mine poison that made the ground near useless.
Nowadays it's our main source of aluminium.
earthwormjim91 t1_j7l43vj wrote
Well, nowadays our main source of aluminum is recycled aluminum. Mining new bauxite and extracting the aluminum is more expensive than just recycling.
Which is how it ultimately will be for a lot of the rare earth metals and stuff for batteries. It will eventually be cheaper and easier to just recycle the batteries than it will be to mine new lithium, cobalt, etc.
iNstein t1_j7n08lx wrote
Not quite, at least in the US where it is around 36% recycled.
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