• @[email protected]
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    123 months ago

    You can, but it is totally inefficient

    You get about 30% of the energy out that you put in

    • @JohnDClay
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      93 months ago

      So it’s more like a really bad battery

        • @JohnDClay
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          33 months ago

          Yup! It has really good gravimetric energy density, but really bad charging efficiency.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 months ago

        Not THAT bad, really, it potentially has a much better mileage-to-weight ratio and sidesteps the issue of lithium recycling and politics

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          3 months ago

          Great to gravametric energy density, okay volumetric energy density, great availability, terrible charging efficiency, and complicated handling and storing mechanisms. Lots of tradeoffs.