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mmirate t1_ja5frjk wrote

Reply to comment by dcs1289 in New England grid operator says small-scale solar is driving down electricity demand on some days by TurretLauncher

Modern high-capacity batteries require lithium and various other rare minerals which themselves require lots of energy to mine, and are difficult to recycle. Making lots more of them, is not going to be good for the environment.

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dcs1289 t1_ja5gmjc wrote

Lots of R&D in the battery tech sector ongoing; what you say is true currently but absolutely will not be the case forever.

And if we're talking about environmental impact, Li mining vs. fossil fuels is a very silly argument considering the ongoing climate change trends. Best to keep our planet habitable in the short term and worry about lithium reserves and recycling down the road. Just one more can to kick.

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Hardmeat_McLargehuge t1_ja62nig wrote

Yeah naysaying developing tech is just stupid, especially when there’s a ton of grid scale work battery/energy storage tech development being done. No idea why you even think lithium is needed for that either. Really just shows your ignorance on the topic.

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