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Alternative Energy Storage: Cheap Continues to Outperform Cool

On Aug 03 09:20 AM Davewmart wrote:
According to the mining companies Chemetall and SQM, lithium reserves are currently estimated to be between 14 and 17 million tonnes.

I have to challenge these reserve figures.
A quick check on Wikipedia comes up with 11m, and figures from my 2005 link come up with *13.4m.
These include lithium that is unobtainable for extraction with current know how , but does include the Bolivian reserves that are not currently available.

I also have to challenge you with the claims of $32 a kilo for lithium from seawater. It is claimed that it's $95 from present sources. Seems a no brainer at those prices were to get it from.

I accept future technology may open up presently unavailable lithium, it's just that we are in the here and now.

It could be that Meridian International Research are unreliable and there report is wortless, but here it is. I found it an interesting read.
The chart is on page 2.
* tyler.blogware.com/lit...

Long Live the Cleantech Revolution

John,
As things stand, there is no incentive for producers of RE electricity to store what they produce, and deliver when required.

I have found no evidence in either Europe or N.America, of a financial incentive, that would make the expenditure to store RE electricity something that the producers would do.

It seems that the various schemes in place to subsidise RE's leave no funding to finance your hoped for bubble in energy storage companies.

Energy storage may be "cool", but it is not "cheap", and cheap is always at the optimum position in a bell curve.

Alternative Energy Storage Stocks: Review and Outlook

Thanks

Alternative Energy Storage Stocks: Review and Outlook

Hi, it was the comment that spoke of power sources in navy ships that lead me to here.
You mentioned WW2 subs, and it reminded me of a picture I took of my son at the Submarine Museum in Portsmouth. He is standing next to a 1/1.5 metre high sub battery with his mobile in his hand. (remember the early jokes about mobiles :)
I couldn't believe that subs still used such old technology. Obviously with success.
I was on the search engines till dawn. Now you talk about composite foam, asymmetric lead, carbon hybrid. You do realise that some of us are back at work tomorrow.
Help us out here which sites give me the specs of these beasties?

On Jan 01 09:22 AM John Petersen wrote:

> DiggerUK, the article you want is at:
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Mr.Petersen, hope the year goes well for you.

My post is off topic and brief therefore.

If you favour lead battery storage are you talking of submarine type batteries?

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Open letter to John Lounsbury,

Dear John, I apologise for thinking you were Dr. C.Wirth.