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by moneytide1 752 days ago
"If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt. Preferably dirt that’s locally sourced."

- Don Sadoway (liquid metal battery comprising liquid layers of magnesium and antimony separated by a layer of molten salt)

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309fun!
What does this mean?
Likely a decades old callback to whacky MIT Professor quotes: https://309fun.tumblr.com/page/5
Mr. Sadoway built a molten metal battery through Ambri upon the same warm sand as the Tesla Gigafactory One.

Cycle time limited by reaction chamber decay, not Solid Electrolyte Interphase bridging across seperator.

Static storage for areas that have heat, or require heat.