• Gamers_Mate@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I am a bit conflicted on one hand I am sure changing it over will be better than petrol. But on the other hand I am not sure how much emissions are generated from making the batteries themselves. I think we need more bio fuels. At least until we can make batteries don’t require lithium mining.

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      10 months ago

      Bio fuels are just a different kind of oil. Hydrocarbons reacting with oxygen to release CO2 and heat.

      Lithium mining is evaporating saltwater with sunlight.

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        10 months ago

        It would be nice if we would actually fully switch to this method of mining lithium. It’s slowly happening, but not fast enough. The majority of our lithium still comes from rock mines, at the moment.