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Drusgar t1_izxr5a4 wrote

Reply to comment by brodneys in Low-cost battery built with four times the capacity of lithium by BlitzOrion

I'm sure someone complained about the viability of lithium batteries, too. It's the nature of invention, right? Lots of trial and error. Eventually you get a decent process and product. And then it gets replaced.

It would be nice to see some technology that utilizes a metal that's more abundant and cheaper than lithium. So I guess they keep experimenting.

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brodneys t1_izxu58k wrote

Well yeah, I think I remember that happening actually, and at the time they were correct: a lot of work had to go into lithium batteries to get them to the commercially viable state that they're at today. I'm glad that work was done, and that people were excited about it, but I am slightly concerned about the broader trend of the public/journalists not being able to simultaneously a) be excited and b) understand that even a big breakthrough is more than nothing but less than everything.

Also I'm actually gonna be working on that exact technology and I'm extremely excited about it!!

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Drusgar t1_izyqn6b wrote

Hey, we've got people buzzing about cold fusion again. They've been talking about that since I was a kid in the 80's.

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Malkor t1_izzyfn9 wrote

Yeah, but for real this time!

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