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As a rough distinction, I'd not call it a battery unless you can recharge it in-place, and the fact the a very hot reaction creates the energy further sways tha
by hansvm 3y ago
As a rough distinction, I'd not call it a battery unless you can recharge it in-place, and the fact the a very hot reaction creates the energy further sways that opinion.
There are companies making gasoline from atmospheric CO2 too. Does that make gas a battery?
- vikramkr 3y agoWouldn't be surprised if the word "battery" genericized over the next few years to mean any form of energy storage, especially given the growth in the relevance of geod scale storage. I've already seen a couple of folks refer to pumped storage as massive batteries and if those count, then yeah do does your gasoline generator
- lazide 3y agoCalling a gas generator a battery is about as perverse as ‘literally’ meaning not literally. :s
- exmadscientist 3y agoThe word "battery" has already drifted a lot more over the last ~500 years than the word "literally"!
- lazide 3y agoAnd yet the vast majority of batteries in use are primary cells which aren’t rechargeable at all without recycling?
- hansvm 3y agoNeat, that's a fair point.