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Jesse Peltan
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1 kWh of old lithium ion batteries can be recycled to make more than 1 kWh of new lithium ion batteries.
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Tom Randall
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Redwood is currently recycling batteries at a rate of of 20 GWh/year. That's an extraordinary amount —more than some analysts thought would even be available in the US for a few more years. But it's just a shadow of what's to come 4/ bloomberg.com/news/features/
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The Limiting Factor
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For the non lithium materials, yes For the lithium, no Increasing the energy density means reducing the non-lithium mass. My understanding is they also get slightly more efficient with the use of lithium, but it's fractional. For example, by using slightly less electrolyte
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The Breakthrough
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Combine this with Stanford’s study showing recycling lithium-ion batteries uses ~11-25% of mining’s energy & cuts Green House Gas by over half. Synergistic win: old batteries less energy dense, so recycling them into new, denser ones maximizes efficiency & sustainability
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Thomas Sutcliffe
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From Grok That's an interesting claim, but it needs some unpacking. Recycling lithium-ion batteries can indeed recover valuable materials like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite, which can be used to produce new batteries. However, the idea that 1 kWh of old batteries can
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🔋 The Lithium Landscape Top reserves (million tonnes) : 🇨🇱 Chile: 9.3 🇦🇺 Australia: 6.2 🇦🇷 Argentina: 2.7 🇨🇳 China: 2.0 🇺🇸 U.S.: 1.0 🌍 Rest of World: 4.9 Just five countries hold 81% of global lithium. But here’s the cost: 💧 500,000 gallons (2.27M liters) of water = 1
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Petrus Steenkamp
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Wow, well if i thought about it i could have reached this conclusion but i haven't so far. Would be very funny if the same was true for solar panels but i think that's actually different? I think JB deserves all the success in the world so i hope the quicker scaling helps them.
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