So much for the global lithium shortage

[news18]

I can't rember if this was the newsgroup that had the thread.
Warning, don't have a cuppa in your hand whilst listening.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/lithium-boom-for-
western-australia/9950634

 

[Computer Nerd Kev]

news18 <news18@woa.com.au> wrote:

I can't rember if this was the newsgroup that had the thread.
Warning, don't have a cuppa in your hand whilst listening.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/lithium-boom-for-
western-australia/9950634

For those who prefer reading over listening, these are some
old articles on the topic:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-08/chinese-investment-driving-wa-lithium-boom/8252068
- February 08, 2017

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-29/car-industy-lithium-revolution-driving-next-mining-boom-in-wa/8748322
- July 29, 2017

I guess this is Malcolm Turnbull's "technology drive" in action. We
used to dig up stuff for the chinese to make into I-beams, now we're
digging up stuff for them to make into iPhones.

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[noel]

On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:17:38 +0000, news18 wrote:

I can't rember if this was the newsgroup that had the thread.
Warning, don't have a cuppa in your hand whilst listening.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/lithium-boom-
for-
western-australia/9950634

I have a 2003 laptop (no flames plz, its needed to run an OLD windows
software programmer that doesnt run on anything above xp and is no longer
developed) with major battery failure, I smell the lithium everytime I
open it up and hit the mains, so if tehy want to send a vaccum I can give
them some back

 

[Xeno]

On 10/7/18 4:58 pm, noel wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:17:38 +0000, news18 wrote:

I can't rember if this was the newsgroup that had the thread.
Warning, don't have a cuppa in your hand whilst listening.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/lithium-boom-
for-
western-australia/9950634

I have a 2003 laptop (no flames plz, its needed to run an OLD windows
software programmer that doesnt run on anything above xp and is no longer
developed) with major battery failure, I smell the lithium everytime I
open it up and hit the mains, so if tehy want to send a vaccum I can give
them some back

You can get the batteries repacked if the lappy is a critical requirement.

--

Xeno

"The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them
is a match."
-- Will Rogers

 

[~misfit~]

Once upon a time on usenet noel wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:17:38 +0000, news18 wrote:

I can't rember if this was the newsgroup that had the thread.
Warning, don't have a cuppa in your hand whilst listening.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/lithium-boom-
for- western-australia/9950634

I have a 2003 laptop (no flames plz, its needed to run an OLD windows
software programmer that doesnt run on anything above xp and is no
longer developed) with major battery failure, I smell the lithium
everytime I open it up and hit the mains, so if tehy want to send a
vaccum I can give them some back

"Smell the lithium"? What does it smell like? Electrolyte?
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

 

[news18]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:04:01 +1000, Xeno wrote:

On 10/7/18 4:58 pm, noel wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:17:38 +0000, news18 wrote:

I can't rember if this was the newsgroup that had the thread. Warning,
don't have a cuppa in your hand whilst listening.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/lithium-boom-
for-
western-australia/9950634

I have a 2003 laptop (no flames plz, its needed to run an OLD windows
software programmer that doesnt run on anything above xp and is no
longer developed) with major battery failure, I smell the lithium
everytime I open it up and hit the mains, so if tehy want to send a
vaccum I can give them some back

You can get the batteries repacked if the lappy is a critical
requirement.

IME, you can probably but a new replacement battery pack. I have a
luggable lappy running Win98 and about 5 years ago, I was able to buy a
complete replacement battery pack. Now, if I hadn't put the recharger in
a safe spot, i'd be using it for wifi testing.

Also really need to build a battery tester/charge for all those cells in
the various scavenged battery packs.