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jeffbeeyesterday at 8:49 PM1 replyview on HN

ICE engines outsource half of the reactants to the atmosphere, so this comparison isn't as useful as it appears at first.


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MobiusHorizonsyesterday at 9:15 PM

Batteries can make use of the atmosphere as well (eg aluminum air batteries/ or venting hydrogen in lead acid batteries) although I don’t know of any rechargeable chemistries off hand that use environmental oxygen. All that to say the trick is available for batteries even if the best current chemistries by mass density don’t make use of it.

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