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Interesting. It will also cause geopolitical changes because lithium is a rare earth mineral. And Sodium is obviously abundant. This sounds still very academic
by wolvoleo 9mo ago
Interesting. It will also cause geopolitical changes because lithium is a rare earth mineral. And Sodium is obviously abundant.
This sounds still very academic though and be aware that these things take time to industrialise. Also sometimes it doesn't pan out in the end.
The fire hazard might be reduced but of course any battery storing so much energy in a small place has some kind of hazard. Hopefully the runaway fire providing its own oxygen is solved here though, this is the main reason it's so hard to put the lithium battery fires out.
- dylan604 9mo agoEven if the number of days is 10,000+, that's still a number /s
- Robotbeat 9mo agoLithium is not a rare earth mineral. Huge pet peeve. This is a technical term. It’s also not particularly rare.
- wolvoleo 9mo agoRate earth minerals aren't necessarily rare, it means that you have to move a huge amount of earth to get a tiny bit of ore. That's still true for lithium and its mining pretty polluting too. And it's limited to specific regions globally. Our sea is full of sodium however.
- didgeoridoo 9mo ago“Rare” as in “rarified”, not “uncommon”.
- Robotbeat 9mo agoNo, “rare earth minerals” are referring to an exact section of the periodic table, referring to exactly 17 elements, like “lanthanide series” or “noble gases”. It is a technical term, not a descriptive one. Lithium is not in the list. You’re also wrong about lithium’s availability, but that’s another story.