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Yeah of course distributed infrastructure is ... Bad??? Oh no we have no single point of failure, empower people to invest into the grid and have huge redundan

Yeah of course distributed infrastructure is ... Bad??? Oh no we have no single point of failure, empower people to invest into the grid and have huge redundancies in the grid... Batteries literally solve most of the problems

Paul-Craft 2y ago
Don't forget to factor in the possibility of lithium shortages in the next decade. Batteries don't solve anything if you can't build them. https://themarketbull.com.au/2025/02/07/lithium-remains-a-key-element-in-the-energy-revolution-as-a-supply-deficit-looms/ https://themarketbull.com.au/2025/02/07/lithium-remains-a-ke...
- ben_w 2y ago
  Coal and oil also solve nothing when you can't mine it or drill for it… and those who can, refuse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_miners%27_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_miners%27_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis
- moooo99 2y ago
  So are we going to ignore Sodium Ion batteries then that are looking to enter mass production?
  - Paul-Craft 2y ago
    Call me when they stop looking.
    - bildung 2y ago
      Here's your wakup call: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/worlds-largest-sodium-ion-battery-goes-live/4019792.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/worlds-largest-sodium-io...
      - Paul-Craft 2y ago
        Not even close. This is about global needs.
- M95D 2y ago
  It doesn't need to be lithium. Nickel-Iron batteries are very good for this purpose: practically unlimited charge-discharge cycles and overcharging/overdischarging won't damage them. They should be dirt-cheap too, but almost there are very few manufacturers so there's not much competition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93iron_battery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93iron_battery