Comment on The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January

Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My diet, probably

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  • frunch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Low blood pressure gang unite 🤜

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• krakenx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The ocean?

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  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hope not, because salt isn’t a renewable resource. And who the hell wants to fight the auto industry for something we need for food?

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    • Nima@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sodium isn’t rare in the slightest. according to Wikipedia, “Sodium is the sixth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust and exists in numerous minerals such as feldspars, sodalite, and halite (NaCl).”

      salt isn’t going anywhere. no need to fret.

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      • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We had a shortage in Canada… but after looking into it, it appears to have been caused by a labour strike. LOL

        Yes, it’s abundant. But it is still a finite resource that needs to be mined/harvested, and what will that look like when the EVs are running off sodium-ion batteries?

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    • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Bro we will need to do desalination plants to supply people with water, there will be more than enough salt and you can’t dump the salt back into the ocean anyway

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The ocean could uhhhh use some less salt.

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      • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Fresh take.

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    • suodrazah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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    • sir_reginald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      this is plain stupid. sodium is far far more common in the earth than lithium. if you’re worried about sodium not being renewable, then by that logic you should stop using lithium batteries right now.

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      • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes, I understand. I already posted that I was under the impression that we have shortages of the stuff, since we had shortages in Canada. But it was due to a labour dispute, and not a lack of resources.

        And yes, I think we should reduce our use of lithium batteries, or at least only use recycled lithium.

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    • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Way too much salt to care there.

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  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nope. Mining. Soda ash (sodium carbonate) is one of the best raw materials for these

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• topinambour_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It comes from stars.

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Stars probably

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• MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Stardust.

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