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How long do you think it will be until there's a battery type made of fully renewable resources? (self.everythingscience)

submitted 1 year ago by Tag365 to c/everythingscience

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I saw the recent article about the Zinc-air battery and about a year ago I've heard of a solid state battery technology. It got me interested in thinking that there might be a battery made in the future that could be made exclusively from resources that can be grown or renewed. How many years do you think we're off from getting that kind of battery invented?

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[–] AA5B 2 points 1 year ago

I think I read that Lithium ion batteries can be better than 90% recycled. So far we’ve been horrible at actually doing this, when faced with many small batteries but hopefully we’ll follow through with recycling car batteries - imagine the deposit you could lose if you don’t