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izybit t1_iwjcebx wrote
Reply to comment by space_raccoon_ in Italian startup Energy Dome claims its CO2 grid storage batteries are cheaper than lithium-ion, and need no rare minerals, being made from just off-the-shelf steel components, water & CO2. It's opening its first 200 MWh facility in Sardinia in 2023 by lughnasadh
Humanity's history is literally defined by the metals we could mine and use.
Before metals we were, very literally, banging stones together.
izybit t1_iwixsqn wrote
Reply to comment by space_raccoon_ in Italian startup Energy Dome claims its CO2 grid storage batteries are cheaper than lithium-ion, and need no rare minerals, being made from just off-the-shelf steel components, water & CO2. It's opening its first 200 MWh facility in Sardinia in 2023 by lughnasadh
Is this a joke or something? Humanity literally cannot exist without mining "metals".
You can move mining to space but that doesn't change the need for them.
izybit t1_iwi0kke wrote
Reply to Italian startup Energy Dome claims its CO2 grid storage batteries are cheaper than lithium-ion, and need no rare minerals, being made from just off-the-shelf steel components, water & CO2. It's opening its first 200 MWh facility in Sardinia in 2023 by lughnasadh
Lithium batteries don't have "rare minerals" either.
izybit t1_iy68e3j wrote
Reply to comment by ItsASchpadoinkleDay in Hyperion plans to kickstart a H2 fuel network with mobile stations by redingerforcongress
Massive waste of energy compared to just using the electricity directly.