▲ 160 ▼ MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com) submitted 3 years ago by VulcanSphere@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments Plan to commercialize supercapacitors in the next few years
[–] zout@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) And how greenhouse gas intensive is carbon black production? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 years ago If you’re releasing CO2 you’re losing carbon. If you make it with electricity it’s effectively a carbon sink. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) If it's just a byproduct of other industries, like existing coal power plants, it might be seen as carbon neutral. And lithium batteries also use it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zout@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Carbon black is produced bij burning a hydrocarbon with a limited amount of air. It's not a byproduct, but uses organic materials. This can be of renewable sources like vegetable oil, but it is made a lot from the heavy fractions in fossil oil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 years ago If you’re releasing CO2 you’re losing carbon. If you make it with electricity it’s effectively a carbon sink. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) If it's just a byproduct of other industries, like existing coal power plants, it might be seen as carbon neutral. And lithium batteries also use it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zout@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Carbon black is produced bij burning a hydrocarbon with a limited amount of air. It's not a byproduct, but uses organic materials. This can be of renewable sources like vegetable oil, but it is made a lot from the heavy fractions in fossil oil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zout@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Carbon black is produced bij burning a hydrocarbon with a limited amount of air. It's not a byproduct, but uses organic materials. This can be of renewable sources like vegetable oil, but it is made a lot from the heavy fractions in fossil oil. permalink fedilink source parent