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The future cannot be 'the status quo but battery powered' because that future leads to disaster (www.youtube.com)
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Oil is out, batteries are out.

We need smarter solutions that work with the environment, not exploit it.

Watch the video and tell me you didn't say '... holy fuck.'

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lithium tech are being abandoned in favor of batteries that last longer and have a lower chance of catching fire.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I feel like lithium batteries are great for mobile application but inefficient for grid storage.

There is a lot of other battery technologies that would be more appropriate but are not produced massively enough to have the economy of scale.