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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by zizee on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:30AM (#27432217)
This is such an unrealistically pessimistic assessment.

You just need to count the number of rooftop solar installations there are in the world to get an idea of the market size. Another $2k investment to get significantly more value out of an existing multithousand outlay would be a no brainer for most of them.

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Re:The price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97% in... by ben_w on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:59AM (#27432436)
I’m not saying nobody will value them ever under any circumstances, I’m replying to someone saying “Who wouldn't get one?” with “you’d be surprised…”

Mainly I’m expecting grid-corrected batteries of this type to be owned and operated by power companies and governments rather than by individual home owners; and most privately owned batteries to be the ones in cars rather than permanently attached to houses.

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