VulcanSphere@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMIT scientists propose power storage using cement blockswww.datacenterdynamics.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIf 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.
minus-squarezout@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCarbon 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.
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.
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.