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So, if we run out of lithium, what are we switching to? lead-acid?

• enupten 12y ago
  Running out of Lithium is the least of our problems.
  • enupten 12y ago
    For the downvote mafia: running out of oil is way more dangerous for the civilization.
    • shoo 12y ago
      Agreed, even using a fraction of remaining oil reserves is dangerous for civilization. In a sense, these are all symptoms of the underlying problems: population growth, industry growth, consumption of resources (both non-renewable and renewable) at rates that cannot be sustained, and worst of all, the reluctance to think clearly about the longer term and take necessary action.
      • enupten 12y ago
        Not using it to prepare for the post-oil world is way way worse. I don't think current social - no it's not just political - structures allow for hitting the brake pedal before it is too late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMWzjrRiBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMWzjrRiBg
• marcosdumay 12y ago
  Sodium? It may be a great alternative for applications less sensible to weight.
  • pbhjpbhj 12y ago
    >applications less sensible to weight // Such as?
    • marcosdumay 12y ago
      Uninterruptable power supplies, off-grid solar or wind installations, well I can't think of any other, but those two are quite big already. Such battery must compete well with lead-acid ones so they'll probably be hard to create, but in theory they could be much better.