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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium? (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Amazing stuff.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the answer for longer distances is trains, which can be electrified without needing to carry batteries. Trucks burning fuel should really only be a thing to reach populations that are too small and remote to have a train stop.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Not disagreeing, but I live in the US and even if that became a focus of the government, it would take a decade or two to actually get most of the rail necessary.