Bloomberg Twitter: "Your future car might run on platinum batteries"

[Roswell Crash Survivor]

"Electricity From Fuel Cells Sparking Demand for Platinum: Energy"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...l?hootPostID=d70e57eacb3e9aff86f07a4fd70841e6

Or it could be just another run-up story like 'Silver prices to spike with increasing use in solar panels'

Platinum is so expensive that there'll be a real financial incentive (a catalyst*) to seek cheaper alternatives.

*: Shout out to the chemistry nerds; pun fully intended

 

[SmartyFarty]

Thanks for sharing.

Yes, there are alternatives being developed.

There is a general trend of replacing critical materials with abundant materials to make them cheap.

Some I have heard preform better than platinum as a catalyst.

Time will tell though. I have a webpage on the supply and demand of platinum if you are interested (up until 2013).

http://www.ptcalc.com/platinum-supply-and-demand.php

 

[willrocks]

What happened to graphine battery technology?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrHDVtUgUvM[/youtube]

 

[ego2spare]

...where was the pun?

 

[Clawhammer]

Yes, there are alternatives being developed.
There is a general trend of replacing critical materials with abundant materials to make them cheap.

Like lead & zinc?

 

[Clawhammer]

...where was the pun?

That's 'cold' dude.