Scientists Discover a Way to Make Cheaper Batteries From Everyday Elements

Photo: John MacDougall (Getty Images)The world is going all-in on electrifying transportation, mostly. Right now, some automakers are exploring a future with all-electric line-ups; some are also looking at things like hydrogen power or synthetic fuels. The latter of those, might be a more viable solution if we continue making batteries with precious metals for everything we use daily — from our phones to our cars. OR, we can use metals that are more abundant and even cheaper to build with.As reported by Treehugger, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a cheaper way to build those batteries that won’t strip Mother Earth of her precious lithium, cobalt and nickel. The ingredients for this metal-saving (for both precious metals and your money) are aluminum, sulfur and molten salt. Yes, that’s aluminum like your aluminum foil and the sulfur you could…

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