In case you're wondering why this isn't apparently getting any attention or discussion, it has been submitted before, and the story has certainly been discussed before:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14723853 (166 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14715679 (76 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15764449 (53 comments)
The first of those was nearly six months ago, the last just 9 days ago, so the story is "live" and getting discussion.
You can see submissions of the story from other sources here:
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Australia%20Battery&sort=byDat...