Recommendation for replacement battery
First, anyone traveling this weekend I wish you a safe and fun trip. My battery is going on 3 years old and doesn't seem to maintain a charge for very long so I'm going to replace it. Any advice on w...
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covered wagon wrote:
It's not just the price of Lith Ion batteries, its that their energy storage is limited and then you have the problem of heat if charged/ discharged improperly, the thin membrane separating the plates presents a danger as does the impact of mining the lithium. They are not a panacea as the talk goes around the tech world.
Tesla has to have each battery in a separate fireproof container in their cars due to the danger of fire.
There you go, mixing apples and oranges again. I agree with what you say about Lithium Ion batteries. Don't apply to LITHIUM-IRON batteries. Different animal entirely.
The lithium part does but candidly, I'm not concerned about the mining. Like Brush-Wellman has been reducing Berylium ore to make high tech aircraft parts for years and workers in their plant get Berylosis regularly. They still do it every day.
Everything has it's risks. Walking across the street has it's risks. Myself, I weight the risk versus the benefit and decide.
