And yet Gas/Diesel in a storage tank is more efficient than all than all those poisonous batteries.
No question. The energy density in Diesel is far higher than any battery tech we have (so far).
But, diesel is rough on the environment when dumped. How many ways can you make diesel? Organic diesel is neat, but at scale is it viable for national deployment?
How many ways can you generate electricity? Now we can store it, effectively and we have a booming industry just waiting to begin in reclaiming spent Lithium batteries. From JB Straub (ex-Tesla founder) and Redwood Tech (personally not a fan), to many others.
There is a freakin goldmine to be made in reclamation of EV, power tool, cell phone and other batteries. Battery grade lithium was $12,860/ton a year ago, it’s about $60,000 now. It’s not going down