March 4, 2026
6:01 a.m.
On 03.03.26 23:45, Steffen Nurpmeso via tz wrote:
grab rare earth like lithium
Lithium is not a "rare earth". It's not even particularly rare. Even so, by now we know enough to replace it with sodium for most uses (if we decide to …) -- no mining required. Getting >70% from compressed air is impressive, but that's stationary. Fuel cells can't go much beyond half that. -- -- regards -- -- Matthias Urlichs