Yes, lots of battery R&D underway. https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/news/130380-future-batteries-coming-soon-charge-in-seconds-last-months-and-power-over-the-air.amphtml&ved=2ahUKEwioob-5iYvcAhXqsFQKHaDND0wQFjAJegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0E4cjh2iTFbST5HPPcC1sM&cf=1
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 10:59 AM jim bell <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry I posted "up", but my stupid Yahoo email editor would not add a line > (or lines) below your comments, at least not without "exploding" your cite > to include the picture, etc. Couldn't figure out how to fix that, except > by commenting "up". > > > In the last week or so, I saw a news item about a new form of carbon, > which seems to allow a doubling of energy density in Lithium ion batteries, > yet being much safer. > https://www.materialstoday.com/carbon/news/new-carbon-material-efficient-battery-electrode/ > Anybody who uses cell phones, or electric cars, should rejoice. > > Myself, I've been following for a few years "magnesium ion batteries", > google 'magnesium ion battery', > > https://www.google.com/search?q=magnesium+ion+battery&oq=magnesium+ion+battery&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4980j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 > > > > first result: > http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2017/11/28/holy-grail-batteries-solid-state-magnesium-battery-big-step-closer/ > × > > > Jim Bell > > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018, 10:48:06 AM PDT, Steven Schear < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > As automation displaces the great majority of workers, labor (not > industrial) productivity will zoom past zero. > > As for energy, battery, and other temporary energy storage, will surely > improve though increases in density could become a major saftey factor as > they equal or exceed liquid fuel (perhaps even high explosives). Preventing > such batteries and ultra-ultra-capacitors from sudden discharge is still a > relatively unsolved issue. > > , Jul 6, 2018, 10:20 AM jim bell <[email protected]> wrote: > > This article sure sounds foolish. As I see it, the main driver in the > increase in "growth" (other than population) is productivity. > Productivity tends to be driven by gradual adoptions of automation, which > has been a major factor for 50+ years, and actually far larger. Automation > isn't going away, and will only increase in effectiveness for decades > > Energy is a factor, but society is well on its way to the widespread > adoption of solar and wind energy. Solar is useful in most locations, and > wind will eventually be useable just about everywhere, 24 hours per day, > with the use of low-resistance materials to conduct that energy, for > example metallic carbon nanotubes. (MCNTs). > > Jim Bell > > > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018, 9:15:13 AM PDT, Steven Schear < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > "If we extrapolate this trend forward, labour productivity growth would > reach zero by 2028." > > > https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/govt-economic-advisor-warns-british-defence-planners-that-growth-is-ending-abf806f17845 > >
