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Re:Battery Reality: There’s Nothing Better Than Lithium-Ion ... by techslave on Saturday April 06, 2019 @04:51PM (#19592945)
the hospitable area of AU is very small compared to that of EU. AU is mostly outback is it not?
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Re:Battery Reality: There’s Nothing Better Than Lithium-Ion ... by stephen_g on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:01AM (#19597166)
Yeah, something like 60% of the country is basically uninhabitable... As for the rest, there isn’t really sufficient water resources to support much of a larger population without adding huge amounts of desalination.
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Re:Battery Reality: There’s Nothing Better Than Lithium-Ion ... by nicksantamaria on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:21PM (#19593650)
90% of our population lives within 100km of the coast between Melbourne and Cairns.

However agricultural usage extends far inland in the temperate regions and there has been a lot of opposition to mining activities in our “wheat belts”.

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