From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 01 Oct 2023 07:39:00 -0500   
   JAB  wrote:   
      
   > Trade offs must be considered....charge cycles....safety...raw   
   > material available...battery dimensions, weight, etc   
      
   The big one is, unfortunately, cost.  Li-Ion works "pretty well" at far   
   lower cost.  Some of that is economies of scale.  And not just purchase   
   cost - cost of operation, maintenance, replacement, decommissioning,   
   safety features etc.   
      
   Li-Ion is currently 90% of the grid-scale battery market.  Their   
   combustibility is being handled by new systems that automatically   
   monitor and control heat build up and deploy fire protection systems if   
   necessary.  That's not ideal, but it seems to still be more cost   
   effective than alternatives.   
      
   I'm watching flow batteries carefully, but they're finicky and   
   expensive.  Check out vanadium redox for example.   
      
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