I don't see an estimate for cost. If it's still higher, this would be a perfect use of subsidies to make recycling far cheaper than new material to help drive supply and demand.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 28 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I've heard a lot of "battery breakthroughs" would love to see "battery breakthrough implementations"

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 11 points 13 hours ago

Sodium-ion batteries though have been a big success in both implementation and development.

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago

still waiting for those glass battieries they said were nearly production ready.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 6 points 16 hours ago

3 to 7 years. Promise.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You don't think lithium batteries were a breakthrough?

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They were sure, decades ago

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago

There you go, you've seen a battery breakthrough implementation.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 19 hours ago

This is wonderful news.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Ah yes, Glycine: I Love The Donghua Jinlong Glycine Factory

It's as if the food additives and mining industry¹,² brought forth an intelligent junkyard child.

¹s.a. Urban mining ²cf. "Glycine Leaching Technology"