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Re:The Case Against More Ethanol (2016) by zdragnar on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:51AM (#24970139)
That doesn't make batteries better, it just makes ICE worse. Battery research is improving, but at the end of the day we are just trading fossil fuels for massive mines- especially cobalt and nickel (with today's tech, who knows tomorrow).

At least CO2 can be scrubbed from the atmosphere.

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Re:The Case Against More Ethanol (2016) by toomuchtodo on Monday November 02, 2020 @12:50PM (#24970874)
Lithium is evaporated from brine ponds, and cobalt is actively being phased out in battery chemistries because of its role as a conflict mineral. Battery storage for all use cases is objectively better than burning a fossil fuels.

> At least CO2 can be scrubbed from the atmosphere.

There is no evidence we can scale this up besides planting trees and hoping for the best.

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Re:The Case Against More Ethanol (2016) by pessimizer on Monday November 02, 2020 @12:47PM (#24970827)
> That doesn't make batteries better, it just makes ICE worse.

This doesn't mean anything. Better is always relative.

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