World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthrough in energy density

Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by naasking on Friday April 21, 2023 @09:31AM (#35653468)

> It is surprisingly difficult to get numbers on how much oil is used to extract, refine and transport oil.

Not to mention the socialized costs of all the wars, military spending and human lives spent to secure stable sources of fossil fuels. If you actually break down the numbers and applied some basic ethics, I doubt fossil fuels have been cost competitive for decades.

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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by czbond on Friday April 21, 2023 @09:47AM (#35653680)

We will still have those same wars after EV's. Oil has been a good incentive, but let's face it - the U.S. loves us some wars.

<snark, i'm totally against military aggression>

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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by msrenee on Friday April 21, 2023 @10:00AM (#35653866)

We're already looking at the human cost of some of the components needed for the batteries, like lithium and cobalt. That's what we'll be fighting wars over after we exhaust the supply of oil.

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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by rootusrootus on Friday April 21, 2023 @11:22AM (#35655116)

Lithium is considerably more ubiquitous than crude oil, however. And cobalt in batteries is already on the decline, we won't be using it much longer. Heck, most EVs sold today don't use any cobalt at all.

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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by iknowstuff on Friday April 21, 2023 @03:29PM (#35658815)

And its recyclable

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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by fwungy on Friday April 21, 2023 @11:29AM (#35655227)

It's funny how the USA feels like it has to get militarily involved to guarantee something that the producers are willing and happy to sell. Even moreso when you understand that the USA has plenty of oil itself available.

It's almost as if they want an excuse for running a massive military.

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