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minus-squareDogWater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2年前You can’t just say battery. There’s tons of energy storage that isn’t chemical based. Thermal sand batteries, pumping hydro up a hill, flywheel energy storage, etc. Energy storage doesn’t inherently mean pollution
minus-squareDaft_ish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2年前I can only assume op meant a lithium ion battery. Based on context.
minus-squareDogWater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2年前Yeah, the cobalt and lithium is quite nasty to mine
You can’t just say battery. There’s tons of energy storage that isn’t chemical based. Thermal sand batteries, pumping hydro up a hill, flywheel energy storage, etc.
Energy storage doesn’t inherently mean pollution
I can only assume op meant a lithium ion battery. Based on context.
Yeah, the cobalt and lithium is quite nasty to mine