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Miguelito Loveless

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6. Cobalt has been reduced 90% in the current genereation of batteries

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:58 PM

Mar 2020

will be eliminated in next gen. As to other materials, batteries are completely recyclable, and far cleaner than any ICE car. FC cars still have batteries, but not as large. Creating the H2 cheaply means using methane, and GHG 8x more potent than C02. Using electrolysis is highly inefficient as I have demonstrated.

Other components in battery are lithium, graphite, manganese, nickel, and aluminum. All recyclable. LiFePo batteries (Lithium, Iron phosphate) are now being rolled out in China by Tesla for their M3 cars. Again, all recyclable.

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Flying "cars" on H [View all] BSdetect Mar 2020 OP

There are two ways to create H2 Miguelito Loveless Mar 2020 #1

Need to power electrolysis with solar... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #2

And cheaper to store H than batteries. BSdetect Mar 2020 #3

And quite a bit less toxic... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #4

Cobalt has been reduced 90% in the current genereation of batteries Miguelito Loveless Mar 2020 #6

Look up the term "hydrogen embrittlement" Miguelito Loveless Mar 2020 #7

Even if free, you still get way less energy out of the system. Miguelito Loveless Mar 2020 #5