this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
326 points (98.5% liked)

science

14061 readers
580 users here now

just science related topics. please contribute

note: clickbait sources/headlines aren't liked generally. I've posted crap sources and later deleted or edit to improve after complaints. whoops, sry

Rule 1) Be kind.

lemmy.world rules: https://mastodon.world/about

I don't screen everything, lrn2scroll

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
326
world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries (pme.uchicago.edu)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“Global action requires working together to access critically important materials,” Meng said.

So... nope.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Huh ?

What information are you trying to convey by quoting that sentence from the article?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If materials are not easy to access, then it won't scale cheaply.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You might want to re-read the article. That quote was talking about lithium ion batteries.

This scarcity, combined with the surge in demand for the lithium-ion batteries for laptops, phones and EVs, have sent prices skyrocketing, putting the needed batteries further out of reach.

Lithium deposits are also concentrated. The “Lithium Triangle” of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia holds more than 75% of the world’s lithium supply, with other deposits in Australia, North Carolina and Nevada. This benefits some nations over others in the decarbonization needed to fight climate change.

“Global action requires working together to access critically important materials,” Meng said.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for pointing this out better than I would have!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

I know colonizer-speak when I see it.

I know everyone wants to point out that she may be referring to the brutal colonialist exploitation that lithium ion battery technology rests upon - but the way the quote is placed and framed tells me instead that we are not being told everything about this "techno-miracle."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But the materials are more easily accessible for sodium. It's just supposed to have less capacity by volume.

Edit: that portion of the article you mentioned is talking about lithium ion