• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    16 days ago

    But I don’t know that you’d get much money back from that. Maybe $1 at most. Especially with how stingy private power companies are about compensating power generation like rooftop solar.

    That’s the main problem with the concept, that the incentives and infrastructure isn’t available. I doubt many people would have a problem with minor battery degradation if it had provided them an income stream for 5-10 years. Heck, you could replace the battery and leave the old one to continue feeding the grid.

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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      16 days ago

      Actually old electric car batteries are being reused for this purpose already. It’s a major reason why we don’t see more electric vehicle battery recycling, it’s because the majority of them haven’t gotten to the Recycled part of the reduce reuse recycle