2,956
edits
Archive:000/Lithium-ion batteries: Difference between revisions
Archive:000/Lithium-ion batteries (view source)
Revision as of 23:40, 26 January 2023
, 26 January 2023→Need for cobalt
(Created page with "Lithium-ion batteries are some of the most commonly used batteries today. But are they a good solution to the energy storage problem? Short answer: no. ====Concerns==== {|class="wikitable" |#Need for cobalt |Major problem |- |#Need for lithium |Minor problem |- |#Energy in manufacturing |Manageable |- |Recycling |Probably solvable |- |Performance in winter |Manageable |} ==Need for cobalt== Suppose all vehicles ran on lithium-ion batteries: {{dp |ev.bat...") |
|||
| Line 77: | Line 77: | ||
|% cobalt.reserves | |% cobalt.reserves | ||
}} | }} | ||
Besides needing '''far more''' cobalt than we could even mine{{x|well, technically maybe we'd find more cobalt reserves, but don't count on it}}, there would also be major environmental damage and [[cobalt#child labor|child labor]] if we tried. <!-- TODO: add more calculations: labor footprint, energy footprint --> | Besides needing '''far more''' cobalt than we could even mine{{x|well, technically maybe we'd find more cobalt reserves, but don't count on it}}, there would also be major environmental damage and [[cobalt#child labor|child labor]] if we tried. | ||
<!-- | |||
TODO: add more calculations: labor footprint, energy footprint | |||
TALK: should we compare to cobalt ''resources'' rather than ''reserves'', to see if it's viable? If it is - still, how do we quantify the environmental footprint of mining that much cobalt? | |||
--> | |||
==Need for lithium== | ==Need for lithium== | ||