flango to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoCan Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?spectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down119file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoAre lithium batteries getting recycled? Because there are millions of pounds of disposable vapes that just get fuckin yote directly into a landfill. Then they crack and leak PFAS into the ground water.
minus-squareViper_NZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoLarge car batteries can become second life static energy storage before being completely recycled . This is one of those instances where capitalism helps us out - there’s money to be made in old batteries. Single use vapes are pretty damn disgusting all around TBH.
minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoSo we should continue mining single-use hydrocarbons because disposable vapes exist?
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s definitely not what I said lmfao I said I’m excited for better battery technology.
Are lithium batteries getting recycled? Because there are millions of pounds of disposable vapes that just get fuckin yote directly into a landfill. Then they crack and leak PFAS into the ground water.
Large car batteries can become second life static energy storage before being completely recycled .
This is one of those instances where capitalism helps us out - there’s money to be made in old batteries.
Single use vapes are pretty damn disgusting all around TBH.
So we should continue mining single-use hydrocarbons because disposable vapes exist?
That’s definitely not what I said lmfao I said I’m excited for better battery technology.