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AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yes do look into it. There are MANY ways to harvest lithium and most are better than what the oil and gas companies does when fracking or drilling on land.

[–] Pirasp@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Being better than one of the most destructive industries ever is not a high bar. But the most effective way to harvest lithium remains an open pit mine, which are arguably worse than literally anything else.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

which are arguably worse than literally anything else.

Going to argue it isn't as bad as shale / oil sands projects. Also the battery is mostly aluminum, copper and nickel in the anode and cathode, all that has to be mined as well.

The products of the Oil industry are also consumed and can't be recycled, something like 90% of a battery can be recycled and reused.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I thought it was all or almost all of the metals?

There's other non metals that wouldn't necessarily be, but all the lithium is for example?

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you are even saying?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

All of the lithium (metals) is recycled. Some of the other materials can't be or aren't recycled

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Making an improvement for something that can be recycled and thus should REDUCE over time is a a MASSIVE improvement over doing nothing and bitching about it.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The less we need of it, the better either way.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

It can be recycled.. Unlike the oil and gas used up in ICE cars.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I don't know who told you that being second worst is a flex, but it's not.