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minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoThe point being, if it only works in the lab for minimal capacities, it’s never going to see the light of production.
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoHow do you think batteries started out?
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoThere are tons of technologies that are inherently unscalable. Or won’t be for another 50 years. Commercial unviability is one thing, but physic limitations are another matter.
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoTrue, but that doesn’t mean this is one of them. That said, I think salt batteries will eclipse these.
minus-squaresolbear@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat are you referring to when you say “salt batteries”?
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-salt_battery
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBe pretty hard to put a molten salt battery in a cellphone or electric vehicle…
The point being, if it only works in the lab for minimal capacities, it’s never going to see the light of production.
How do you think batteries started out?
There are tons of technologies that are inherently unscalable. Or won’t be for another 50 years. Commercial unviability is one thing, but physic limitations are another matter.
True, but that doesn’t mean this is one of them.
That said, I think salt batteries will eclipse these.
What are you referring to when you say “salt batteries”?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-salt_battery
Be pretty hard to put a molten salt battery in a cellphone or electric vehicle…