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Silicon As the New Lithium

Posted by kdawson on from the throw-the-sand-against-the-wind dept.

hduff writes "While lithium-ion batteries offer better performance than lead-acid or ni-cad batteries, the supply of lithium is limited and the batteries can pose problems. Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute are building a better battery with easily obtainable sand and air."

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  1. Re:"Turn the desert green" backfires by Idiomatick · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I hear the sahara is moving north/southward about 40km/yr. That's pretty fucking bad... ~5meters/hour.

    And just to throw it in. It is man cause desertification. There isn't any question of this because it hasn't been made into a political issue. Goes to show that man can fairly easily and inadvertently change the face of the earth.