• joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Once. They are pulled from the ground once. After which they are essentially infinitely recyclable.

    Oil/gas is extracted then used a single time and it’s gone.

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      After which they are essentially infinitely recyclable.

      Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, is “infinitely recyclable”. Literally defies physics.

      Lets also not forget that oil is recyclable.

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        Yes. Things can be infinitely recyclable. But since you’re such an expert. Tell me, what part of a lithium atom degrades during its life as a battery? I’m not expecting a good answer from you though since you think that burning a compound (to release the energy in its bonds) is then recyclable.

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          Yes. Things can be infinitely recyclable. But since you’re such an expert. Tell me, what part of a lithium atom degrades during its life as a battery? I’m not expecting a good answer from you though since you think that burning a compound (to release the energy in its bonds) is then recyclable.

          No, nothing can be recycled to infinite. It is asinine to even attempt to assert that.

          But since you’re such an expert. Tell me, what part of a lithium atom degrades during its life as a battery?

          Recycling Lithium batteries recovers approximately 20-96% of materials. This means best case scenario, which is not the norm in battery recycling, every time a battery is recycled 4% of the materials are lost.

          Doesn’t take a math genius to see how quickly finite resources dry up with a 4% loss every single time a batteries life ends.

          I’m not expecting a good answer from you though since you think that burning a compound (to release the energy in its bonds) is then recyclable.

          Funny because I never said gas was recyclable. You should learn to read before you try to make snide comments.

          I hope the simple math and explaination I used is understandable to you, but I am not expecting much.

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            Funny because I never said gas was recyclable. You should learn to read before you try to make snide comments.

            I can’t get over this. We’re talking about energy and hydrocarbons, and you bring up that said hydrocarbon is recyclable. I assume that you’re talking about the use of said hydrocarbon in the energy sense (which means burning it to make energy) because given the context that’s what makes sense.

            Instead you were talking about a completely different and irrelevant use of the hydrocarbon and then think that’s it’s my fault for not following your nonsensical argument.

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            Like I thought, you’re misunderstanding what you’re reading.

            Yes current recycling processes can lose 4% of the material. But that’s not because they aren’t recoverable, that’s because it’s not currently financially feasible to recover it all.

            And that’s just the recycling part. For someone suggesting that I should read better you sure aren’t great at reading either. So I’ll ask it again.

            What part of the metal atoms degrade as part of them being used in batteries?

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              Like I thought, you’re misunderstanding what you’re reading.

              Like I thought, you have nothing meaningful to say. I won’t waste further time with you.

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                What? You’re the one claiming that various metals aren’t infinitely recyclable.

                It’s true that not all metals are, but many of them are (iron, aluminum, lithium to name a few) infinitely recyclable.

                Current recycling technology doesn’t really matter as it can and will improve with time as the brand new industry scales up.

                I’m just here pointing out that your statements are false. That doesn’t need to be meaningful to you if you have no interest in learning, but it’s useful for other people who are reading this thread wondering why you’re being downvoted.