'What if a common element rather than scarce, expensive ones was a key component in electric car batteries?
A collaboration co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher is hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries.'
A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Just Been Found in The US
"#Pennsylvania sits on a vein of sedimentary rock known as the Marcellus Shale, which is rich in natural gas. The geological foundation was deposited almost 400 million years ago by volcanic activity, and it contains #lithium from volcanic ash.
Mackey and his colleagues have now found that when wastewater is dredged up from the deep by #fracking activities, it contains an astonishing amount of lithium."
Remember: fossil fuel companies want people to focus on what uses#energy so we don't talk about the supply side.
They benefit from #environmentalists spending time and energy bickering with one another about whether AI uses too much #electricity, whether to support more #nuclear plants, whether we should mine more #lithium to have grid scale #batteries, and so forth.
That doesn't mean we can't talk about these things, but be #mindful where you spend your energy.
What happens when people complain about energy costs? We need drastic reductions in energy use and, implicitly, in production. How many even know what "Cuba's Special Period" was?
The point of understanding the demand side is to get onboard with drastically reducing that to match the drastic reduction in production based on fossil fuels. If production halts without that, what do you think happens - based on contemporary history?
#Écologie 🌱 Mine de lithium dans l’Allier: «On mobilise l’industrie la plus dévastatrice pour résoudre le changement climatique»
Alors que la société #Imerys, qui prévoit d’ouvrir une mine de #lithium à Échassières, multiplie les débats publics, les habitants restent dubitatifs tandis que plane la question sans réponse de la façon dont doit être menée la #TransitionÉnergétique.
@mediapart À noter que 663k batteries avec le lithium de cette mine ça semble beaucoup, mais ça couvre tout juste la consommation des utilitaires neufs français.
Il faut réduire vite l'utilisation des véhicules lourds, mais même avec une forte contraction des besoins de mobilité à court terme, cette mine est utile.
Contrer ce projet semble être surtout du NIMBY. Très peu de personnes (auteur et lectorat compris) seraient prêtes à subir la décroissance que suggère l'article.
#Écologie 🌱 L’Union européenne rêve d’exploiter ses richesses minières
L’#UnionEuropéenne veut relancer ses activités minières pour décarboner son économie et tendre vers la souveraineté énergétique. Cartographie des réserves potentielles du Vieux Continent en #lithium.
Fires caused by #LithiumIon batteries r on the rise across #Canada, according 2 organization that represents country's fire chiefs, prompting warnings from fire services, injury lawyers & even #HealthCanada.
#Toronto saw a 90% increase in number of fires involving #RechargeableBatteries in 2023 — total of 55 fires, up from 29 the previous year — & the batteries were one of the leading causes of fires in #Vancouver that year.