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A little voice from Harry's head comes knocking at your door:
OH LITTLE VOLITION HELLO SWEETHEART SORRY IM SO LATE HKJG <333 echem's got the door, i hope you got lots of treats on your halloween rounds!! :3
#your volition is so cute!! im always so endeared by him <33 i love that he's short hjgkgj#its truly one of my favorite things when people's different skill designs get to hang out hgkj its so fun :3 <333#volta transmissions#voliart#volition#electrochemistry
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me playing disco elysium for the first time: "wow this art is beautiful and such an interesting story, i cant wait to learn more!"
the voices in harrys head after any minor inconvenience:
#my posts#disco elysium#harry du bois#electrochemistry#harrier du bois#disco elysium harry#harry disco elysium#harry du bois disco elysium#disco elysium harry du bois#disco elysium meme
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Green energy is in its heyday.
Renewable energy sources now account for 22% of the nation’s electricity, and solar has skyrocketed eight times over in the last decade. This spring in California, wind, water, and solar power energy sources exceeded expectations, accounting for an average of 61.5 percent of the state's electricity demand across 52 days.
But green energy has a lithium problem. Lithium batteries control more than 90% of the global grid battery storage market.
That’s not just cell phones, laptops, electric toothbrushes, and tools. Scooters, e-bikes, hybrids, and electric vehicles all rely on rechargeable lithium batteries to get going.
Fortunately, this past week, Natron Energy launched its first-ever commercial-scale production of sodium-ion batteries in the U.S.
“Sodium-ion batteries offer a unique alternative to lithium-ion, with higher power, faster recharge, longer lifecycle and a completely safe and stable chemistry,” said Colin Wessells — Natron Founder and Co-CEO — at the kick-off event in Michigan.
The new sodium-ion batteries charge and discharge at rates 10 times faster than lithium-ion, with an estimated lifespan of 50,000 cycles.
Wessells said that using sodium as a primary mineral alternative eliminates industry-wide issues of worker negligence, geopolitical disruption, and the “questionable environmental impacts” inextricably linked to lithium mining.
“The electrification of our economy is dependent on the development and production of new, innovative energy storage solutions,” Wessells said.
Why are sodium batteries a better alternative to lithium?
The birth and death cycle of lithium is shadowed in environmental destruction. The process of extracting lithium pollutes the water, air, and soil, and when it’s eventually discarded, the flammable batteries are prone to bursting into flames and burning out in landfills.
There’s also a human cost. Lithium-ion materials like cobalt and nickel are not only harder to source and procure, but their supply chains are also overwhelmingly attributed to hazardous working conditions and child labor law violations.
Sodium, on the other hand, is estimated to be 1,000 times more abundant in the earth’s crust than lithium.
“Unlike lithium, sodium can be produced from an abundant material: salt,” engineer Casey Crownhart wrote in the MIT Technology Review. “Because the raw ingredients are cheap and widely available, there’s potential for sodium-ion batteries to be significantly less expensive than their lithium-ion counterparts if more companies start making more of them.”
What will these batteries be used for?
Right now, Natron has its focus set on AI models and data storage centers, which consume hefty amounts of energy. In 2023, the MIT Technology Review reported that one AI model can emit more than 626,00 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent.
“We expect our battery solutions will be used to power the explosive growth in data centers used for Artificial Intelligence,” said Wendell Brooks, co-CEO of Natron.
“With the start of commercial-scale production here in Michigan, we are well-positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for efficient, safe, and reliable battery energy storage.”
The fast-charging energy alternative also has limitless potential on a consumer level, and Natron is eying telecommunications and EV fast-charging once it begins servicing AI data storage centers in June.
On a larger scale, sodium-ion batteries could radically change the manufacturing and production sectors — from housing energy to lower electricity costs in warehouses, to charging backup stations and powering electric vehicles, trucks, forklifts, and so on.
“I founded Natron because we saw climate change as the defining problem of our time,” Wessells said. “We believe batteries have a role to play.”
-via GoodGoodGood, May 3, 2024
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Note: I wanted to make sure this was legit (scientifically and in general), and I'm happy to report that it really is! x, x, x, x
#batteries#lithium#lithium ion batteries#lithium battery#sodium#clean energy#energy storage#electrochemistry#lithium mining#pollution#human rights#displacement#forced labor#child labor#mining#good news#hope
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ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Trivial: Success] — Took you long enough.
(All the skills would have a lot to say tho)
The disco elysium style is so fun hehe, definitely will be doing more
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shut up we’re so fuckin hetero-sexual
#disco Elysium#Harry du bois#volition#electrochemistry#disco Elysium skills#literally always thinking about how the conclusion of homo-sexual underground is just 'how about we stop talking for awhile'#we're straight we're straight we're straight (thinks about Kim for 12 hours)#fanart#rynarts#comic#sorry if the colors are weird I’m doing this with a migraine#not me doing art inspired by my own fic ghfjj
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Disco Elysium as Onion Headlines if anyone cares
#disco elysium#disco elysium spoilers#disco elysium shitpost#harry du bois#de shivers#kim kitsuragi#cindy the skull#electrochemistry#jean vicquemare#egghead#charles villedrouin#klassje amandou#hardie boys
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Thank you, Electrochemistry. Very helpful.
(reference under the read more)
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Made these but I can only use them while texting my one Disco Elysium playing friend so I'm putting them here for y'all to do with as you please
#disco elysium#harrier du bois#kim kitsuragi#evrart claire#cuno de ruyter#the deserter#jean vicquemare#klaasje amandou#disco elysium skills#electrochemistry#smoker on the balcony
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starting a 2nd run be like
#best boy on first try girl failure on the second#lowered the quality for the extra spicy effect#im so fuking sorry Kim but i gotta relapse for the funnies please forgive me#disco elysium#kim kitsuragi#harry du bois#volition#half right#electrochemistry#yea#meme#disco elysium memes
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hamber 🔨
#Honestly I was thinking of doing a small redesign of Encyclopaedia but I dig his design sm like. What is there to change he’s perfect#disco elysium skills#electrochemistry de#electrochemistry#de encyclopedia#encyclopedia#kim kitsuragi#harry du bois#harrier du bois#disco elysium#kimharry#harrykim#arc doobles
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Masterpost of all my de embroidery!
I did these over the last few years for gifts and commissions!
(Empathy and Pain Threshold are for sale! DM for details!)
Bonus:
#de#disco elysium fanart#disco elysium#embroidery#hand embroidery#artist of tumblr#shivers#electrochemistry#inland empire#volition#empathy#pain threshold#commission#d-art#such a struggle to post these bc I didn’t take good pics crieessss
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positive reinforcement
HELLO PLEASE PLEASE VOTE FOR VOLITION IN @skills-bracket-2!! 7 HOURS LEFT!! WE CAN STILL DO THIS!!!
#disco elysium#kim kitsuragi#harry du bois#harrier du bois#harrykim#kimharry#disco elysium skills#disco elysium fanart#de volition#de interfacing#de electrochemistry#volition#interfacing#electrochemistry#voliart#okay this is my last propaganda for volition before the poll's done. did what i could. sorry if it was annoying. im. so tired hkjgh :')#hey look its my design for interfacing! you're not even seeing the important parts lmao mans got the wall-e drip. cool robot :3#i'll be a little disappointed if voli loses but its okay. that just means he gets consolation kisses too. its okay...#my faves get knocked down to emmy and shiv... alas... but its not over til its over and we STILL GOT 7 HOURS SO VOLITIONSWEEP LETS GOOOOOOO
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