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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] DogWater 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Daft_ish 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I can only assume op meant a lithium ion battery. Based on context.

[–] DogWater 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, the cobalt and lithium is quite nasty to mine