Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithiumwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down165
arrow-up1332arrow-down1external-linkAI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithiumwww.newscientist.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareTheMurphy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoNo matter what, it’s always good to use less of a resource, if you can get the same outcome. It’s efficiency basically.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLess of one doesn’t meant less overall. Lithium is incredibly abundant, we just need to scale up production if we’re going to use so much. LFP batteries are great because iron and phosphorus are also plentiful and cheap. But if this other chemistry is less Lithium but requires platinum, well maybe thats not good.
minus-squareTheMurphy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBatteries are also very recyclable, so we need a system in place for this, and then we’ll go far in terms of earth’s resources. Because both resources, even though they are plentiful, are still finite.
No matter what, it’s always good to use less of a resource, if you can get the same outcome. It’s efficiency basically.
Less of one doesn’t meant less overall.
Lithium is incredibly abundant, we just need to scale up production if we’re going to use so much.
LFP batteries are great because iron and phosphorus are also plentiful and cheap.
But if this other chemistry is less Lithium but requires platinum, well maybe thats not good.
Batteries are also very recyclable, so we need a system in place for this, and then we’ll go far in terms of earth’s resources.
Because both resources, even though they are plentiful, are still finite.