Environmental Aspects of Batteries: Difference between revisions
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*The renewable revolution has been won - [https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2020/11/17/how-an-immigrant-engineer-rode-wind-power-to-billionaire-status/?sh=5437715d2344] | *The renewable revolution has been won - [https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2020/11/17/how-an-immigrant-engineer-rode-wind-power-to-billionaire-status/?sh=5437715d2344]. Polsky is a wind power billionaire, says '“If you’re just making money, you can only go so far,’’ he says. “When you have a mission, a conviction, you perform on a completely different level. You believe so strongly, you don’t take no for an answer.”' | ||
Revision as of 19:06, 21 November 2020
- Lead acid is 99% recycled today. Lithium ion is hardly recycled - [1]
- Lithium batteries rely on strategic resources and are not great for the environment - [2]
Lithium vs Lead Acid Life
- If low depth of discharge - only 20% - lead acid lasts a long time. 7000 cycles, or 20 years. [3]
Generation Costs
- The renewable revolution has been won - [4]. Polsky is a wind power billionaire, says '“If you’re just making money, you can only go so far,’’ he says. “When you have a mission, a conviction, you perform on a completely different level. You believe so strongly, you don’t take no for an answer.”'