The Circular Battery Economy

Can We One Day Create A Closed-Loop Circular Battery Economy?

Contents

1. Introduction

2. What Is The Circular Battery Economy

3. Repair, Repurpose, and Recycle

4. Regulation and Policy

5. Concluding Remarks

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Bitesize Edition

• A vital aspect of the future of our planet will involve how well we can reuse our finite resources. Before we blast off to the stars to mine asteroids and other space bodies, we need to focus on what we currently have.

• If we use more than we produce, one day, if nothing changes, we will experience a scarcity of such resources. That is unless we can reuse the commodities that are no longer being productively used. We need to build a circular economy. Today, I’ll specifically explore the circular battery economy.

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Introduction

Ouroboros, the snake that devours its own tail, is an Ancient Greek symbol depicting the inevitability of certain cycles that continue perpetually.

The paradox of Ouroboros is that eventually if the snake eats its own tail and swallows its entire body, where has the snake gone?

There exist finite resources here on Earth. We are living in the scenario where Ouroboros devours himself, and there exists nothing. Could we help delay this by instead slowing the progress of Ouroboros’ devouring?

We need to reuse and recycle the vital finite resources we have here on Earth, so we don’t eat our own tails. 

Photo by COPPERTIST WU on Unsplash

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