• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    It is definitely that. That’s kind of the point, actually. Sodium is easier to come by than lithium and does not require mining it from unstable parts of the world, nor relying on China.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      nor relying on China

      The appeal of China is largely in the size of the labor force. Whether this tech is more or less feasible than cobalt and lithium, businesses will still want to exploit the large volume of cheap Chinese labor in order to build them.

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      7 months ago

      If you consider Australia unstable, sure, maybe for humans, the animals are fine unless you’re Steve Irwin, just dont go diving with stingrays