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World's largest sodium-ion battery goes into operation - Energy Storage (www.ess-news.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like a way to waste loads of money and keep people on fossil fuels.

Must be way cheaper to build more batteries and build out inertia. (Would still need backup power at this point though).

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of Elon's Hyperloop. Not intended to actually work, but instead be a distraction to deflate interest in public transportation.