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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by moloch-hai on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:39AM (#33969430)
Germany has an overabundance of hills. Most places do. But pumped storage is just one of many options

Modern batteries do not burn. Teslas do.

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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by voqv on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:54AM (#33982334)
> an overabundance of hills.

That's not sufficient for pumped storage at scale, but Germany is mostly focusing on hydrogen for now.

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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:17PM (#33973246)
It's a problem with lithium batteries in general, not just Tesla.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/recycling-firm-fined...

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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by moloch-hai on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @04:33PM (#33976174)
Lithium-ion batteries burn. But the topic was "modern batteries", which at the instant moment means LiFeP batteries, not "previous-generation batteries".

Lithium is anyway not favored for use in utility-scale storage, where its light weight offers no compelling value. Up-and-coming chemistries include iron-air (no explosions), calcium-antimony (no explosions), and bromine-zinc (no explosions). Hundreds of other chemistries are available.

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