Non binary Environmental communist
This process seems to have a lot going for it in being small, modular, and single step. That theoretically opens the door for smaller steel making businesses which is good for impoverished countries, or for companies that want to make their steel in-house. And he tacked on at the end that a similar process with maybe a better anode and cathode could end up refining a lot of mining “waste” could reduce our mining needs.
I’m deeply confused by your response. The article in question candidly discusses that the process will be as green as the feed it is given in both electricity and materials. The innovation at hand, however, is capable of emission free steel. The emission free steel might not truly happen for a minute, but it is on its way.
This process doesn’t use Hydrogen. They briefly discuss the hydrogen powered steel process to cover the bases, but this is a different process.
As for the Ad allegation, I mean kinda, that’s why the CEO agreed to the interview, but David Roberts just likes interviewing interesting innovators and policy leaders in the climate Tech space.
If I’m not mistaken sodium ion is better with temperature and durability. The biggest problem is energy density, so they can’t compete in any applications where size and weight matter. This leads to their 2nd biggest problem, which is that there’s so much production infrastructure for lithium that no one wants to invest in new assemblies for other battery chemistries
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