• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      6 months ago

      You can, but it is totally inefficient

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

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            6 months ago

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

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          6 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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            6 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.