• phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Oohhh, experimental groundbreaking paradigm shifting revolutionary battery design article #3646263859!

    Let’s see if this one isn’t total bullshit like the 3646263841 ones before it!

    Seriously this is getting ridiculous, I’ve seen these some literally 40 years ago, 99.99% is bullshit, and now I’m seeing literally over 5 new articles per week.

    ITS BULLSHIT.

    Call me when there is an actual battery based off peer reviewed research that has been successfully tested in production systems by at least 5 major companies. Until then, BULLSHIT.

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      6 months ago

      Call me when there is an actual battery based off peer reviewed research that has been successfully tested in production systems by at least 5 major companies.

      While everybody was busy writing bullshit hype articles, we actually got a real revolution with the sodium-ion battery, which you can buy today. It won’t replace Li-ion in terms of energy density, but it’s much more robust, cheap, handles low temperatures, deep discharge and much more charge cycles, making it ideal for off-grid-storage.

      I really wish we had tech news that just reports on stuff that’s tested and available for purchase. Things do actually keep improving, but it’s completely drowned out in all the other hype.

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      6 months ago

      A few years ago I completely checked out of all the future tech hype. A million videos and articles about the next big thing and nothing ever comes to fruition.

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        6 months ago

        Fuck future tech news, accept current news, praise analytical news based on historic data.

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      6 months ago

      The article says they were searching for new solid electrolytes… which are meant to be incredibly thin, so they contribute a negligible amount to the total lithium need. It’s far more important to look for ones with a high conductivity to compete with liquid electrolytes.