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I have to think that if this form of energy was practical, humanity would have gravitated towards using it in the 3200 years since the start of the Iron Age. I
by 11thEarlOfMar 6y ago
I have to think that if this form of energy was practical, humanity would have gravitated towards using it in the 3200 years since the start of the Iron Age.
Iron needs to be mined, transported, ground and then the rust recycled somehow. Is the value of the energy released substantially more than the aggregate costs of releasing it?
- thinkling 6y agoThe article discusses using electrolysis with clean energy to recycle the rusted iron dust back to combustible state. This isn't something we've been able (or willing) to do in the past as we didn't have an excess of clean energy.