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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What year was The Matrix set in?

I'm sorry, I'm really interested in this too. I'm sad no one has answered yet about what a renewable battery material might look like

[–] Custoslibera 2 points 1 year ago

Ahhh do you reject that a nickel iron battery is not made from renewable materials?

[–] 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

[–] Bye 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iron oxide batteries are possible today, they just suck

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the question should be a good battery. You can use a potato as a battery, it's just not a good one.