• GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
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      3 months ago

      As far as I know, the lead acid batteries would only be usable for around 500 charge cycles, with the slowly degrading range that comes with the falling capacity.

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        3 months ago

        Sure but if they had invested in that route, I’m sure we would have gotten better battery technology lot sooner. If I read correctly we had solar power back further then that.

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          I’m not sure the materials science was there. Sometimes things don’t catch on because it’s just not feasible with the technology we have at the time.

          For example, a lot of scientists during the Renaissance created machines that would eventually be feasible, but just couldn’t be made at the time.

          Example: da-vinci flying machine