[Rockhounds] New "Energy Miracle" substance

Mon May 22 08:27:19 PDT 2017

Indeed, but you get it WHEN you want it!
I have a roof full of solar cells but without storage of their energy,
they're no good to me at night.
Elon Musk is doing great work here.
Tesla batteries are costly but they could make a huge difference in
CO2 emission.
They would cost the energy companies a LOT, should they ever become
popular, so I guess that they won't...
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"A 2012 study titled “Science for Environment Policy” published by the
European Union compares lithium ion batteries to other types of
batteries available (lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal-hydride
and sodium sulphur). It concludes that lithium ion batteries have the
largest impact on metal depletion, suggesting that recycling is
complicated. Lithium ion batteries are also, together with
nickel-metal-hydride batteries, the most energy consuming technologies
using the equivalent of 1.6kg of oil per kg of battery produced. They
also ranked the worst in greenhouse gas emissions with up to 12.5kg of
CO2 equivalent emitted per kg of battery. “…

BK


"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of
avoiding reality"
 – Ayn Rand

J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
photos at: http://pbase.com/photoburner


On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Axel Emmermann
<axel.emmermann at telenet.be> wrote:
> Indeed, but you get it WHEN you want it!
> I have a roof full of solar cells but without storage of their energy, they're no good to me at night.
> Elon Musk is doing great work here.
> Tesla batteries are costly but they could make a huge difference in CO2 emission.
> They would cost the energy companies a LOT, should they ever become popular, so I guess that they won't...
>
> Axel
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] Namens J Bryan Kramer
> Verzonden: maandag 22 mei 2017 0:22
> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors <rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>
> Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] New "Energy Miracle" substance
>
> First off Lithium compounds (with one exception: Lithium Deuteride) produce no energy. They -store- chemical energy and convert it to electrical energy. And this storage process is inefficient as are all energy conversion processes. So you get less electrical power out than you put in.
>
> And none of these devices are even in the same ballpark as liquid fossil fuels when it comes to stored energy density.
>
> BK
>
>
> "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality"
>  – Ayn Rand
>
> J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
> photos at: http://pbase.com/photoburner
>
>
> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Stephen Shimatzki <sjs132 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I share your views Mike... Let us be damned together.
>>
>> But, this belief that some lithium derivative is exciting and new
>> sounds a lot like a stock pitch I was getting spammed with recently so
>> for your enjoyment, here is the rundown and it almost sounds like Larry is getting
>> sucked into the hype.   I hope that's not so.
>>
>> https://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/energy-advantage/sniffing-out-ken
>> t-moors-obl-superfuel-whats-the-white-gold-1693x-more-powerful-than-ga
>> soline/
>>
>> Steve Shimatzki
>> Woodville ohio
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 21, 2017 5:53 PM, "Mike Flannigan" <mikeflan at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hogwash.  Fair warning - I am a denier (oh, my), even though I don't
>> deny that we are experiencing global warming, as we have for the last
>> ~16,000 years.  Personally I think global warming is good, but I admit
>> I may be wrong about that.  Regardless, the people who are pushing the
>> global warming spectacle would consider me a denier.
>>
>> If this Lithium Carbonate improves the performance of batteries, that
>> could be a huge benefit to people.  If it actually produces or
>> converts electricity or energy, please provide the reaction used and
>> the exothermic KW per lb or joules per kg or But per lb, or whatever
>> it actually produces (or converts).
>>
>> People also exalt the great "energy producing" potential of fuel
>> cells.  Nope, they just convert energy that is already there.
>> Almost at the same efficiency as burning hydrocarbons, but not quite.
>> But they keep trying.
>>
>> Thanks for keeping us informed Larry.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike
>> Houston, TX
>> 24 ft above sea level
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/21/2017 2:00 PM, rockhounds-request at rockhounds.drizzle.com wrote:
>>
>>> There has been quite a bit of stir in the energy futures stock market
>>> these days, pushing a ?revolutionary? new energy source, which is
>>> touted to replace oil, gas, etc. as a new ?super fuel? in the future.
>>> There is a lot of hype by these ?Penny Stock? pushers, who do not
>>> disclose what exactly this fuel is.
>>>
>>> By digging around (no pun intended), on the Web, and reading the
>>> technical papers available, I personally believe that this new energy
>>> source is Lithium Carbonate, with a much higher ability to produce
>>> energy than the present pegmatitic lithium compounds.
>>>
>>> The ore is found in brines, in deep deposits of old marine sediments,
>>> similar to the Trona deposits  in California. Not much for a mineral
>>> collector to get excited about here, unlike holding specimens of
>>> lepidolite, lithiophyllite, spodumene, etc., that we can free from
>>> pegmatites.
>>>
>>> But, from a mineralogists point of view, this material, if it lives
>>> up to the hype, will be a new, important raw material for the next generation.
>>>
>>> List member geologists or chemists, please correct any misstatements
>>> I put forth here?.there is a lot of speculation, and not a lot of
>>> hard facts on this subject as yet.
>>>
>>> Larry Rush
>>>
>>>
>>>
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