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Bernardo de La Paz

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3. Rechargeable batteries are leaky energy storage, not creation.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sun Feb 9, 2025, 07:55 PM

Feb 9

"Not really green" sounds like gotta be perfectly green or it is worthless and useless. It is a false dichotomy to say something is "green" or "not green". Batteries charged with non-fossil energy are greener than internal combustion.

Yes, you can go on at length about the environmental costs of mining the metals needed and the limited lifespan of things like wind turbine blades and nuclear power plants. Yes, it is not completely green, but can you say it not greener than oil burning engines and all their infrastructure?

Equations? Maxwell relations and thermodynamics. But I don't understand them and can't discuss them.

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Win a heart contest: Comment on These Equations to Explain Why Musk's Car and His Powerwalls Were Never "Green." [View all] NNadir Feb 9 OP

I don't speak math, buy I agree 1,000% wcmagumba Feb 9 #1

Once upon a time... WestMichRad Feb 9 #2

Well, from one organic chemist turned peptide chemist turned analytical chemist to another, although it's not a... NNadir Feb 9 #7

Thank you for the heart. WestMichRad Feb 10 #9

Rechargeable batteries are leaky energy storage, not creation. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 9 #3

Bullshit. NNadir Feb 9 #4

Bullshit. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 9 #5

Here's something that might help explain what bullshit might actually be. They're called "numbers." NNadir Feb 9 #6

We get you don't like batteries but you do like nuclear. You think there should be a nuclear reactor in every car? Bernardo de La Paz Feb 10 #8

For many decades I've heard taunts about nuclear cars. NNadir Feb 10 #10

. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 10 #11

The contest, with no real players, is closed, all my hearts given out. The secret word(s) and answers, and a reference. NNadir Feb 15 #12

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