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This should not even be a discussion! Comments from CA Cosonauts in the know welcome!
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2022-12-08/one-week-until-california-decides-the-fate-of-rooftop-solar-boiling-point
As I understand it, the new rules being considered are intended to incentivize an uptake in storage along with solar. That is what I have, but it's expensive, and many folks who would have made the plunge into solar will not do so under these new regs.
@wyrmeboi The story mentioned using lithium ion batteries. Are people using lithium ion or lithium iron, and if the former why?
@Coctaanatis Lithium Iron isn't a thing. Typo. There are new higher density battery technologies (Aluminium-Sulfur, for example) on the mid-term horizon, but for now it Li--ion.
@Coctaanatis Huh! Who knew?! I am still stoked about the potential for aluminum-based batteries.
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<https://news.mit.edu/2022/aluminum-sulfur-battery-0824>
@wyrmeboi Sorry, I wasn't aware of the work on aluminum-sulfur batteries. Sounds promising, hope it works out.
@wyrmeboi They've made a lot of advances with aluminium air batteries, but (unless things have drastically changed) they're not rechargeable.
The advantages of lithium iron phosphate are safety, long-life and absence of cobolt. The additional weight is a problem in a car, but not so much for other applications.