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minus-squareDogWater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 months agoYou 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-up7·9 months agoI can only assume op meant a lithium ion battery. Based on context.
minus-squareDogWater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoYeah, 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