If I only had a nickel for every time I've heard someone say they "developed a new battery tech that will change the world". I would really like to see one live up to the hype but I'm not going to hold my breath for this.
Whether it's one year or twenty years from now, eventually we'll have a new battery technology with higher density, more cycles and at a lower cost (even just greatly improving 1 or 2 of them would be great). Lithium ion/lithium polymer surely isn't as good as possible.
Those of us who are over 35 (ish) already have. Nobody was using Li-ion batteries when I was a kid, and all of the electronic devices that define the modern world simply wouldn't be practical using the battery technology of that era.
@myself6296 Shouldn’t have sold it, just kept it hidden, but I don’t blame him. Most do get offed if they come out too the public with it. That’s why you don’t tell anyone if you do infact figure something out. Or build a small group or order that is only aware of such technology. That’s how others have seemed too hide there’s.
That makes no sense, do you not understand how much richer you'd get if you'd release a new battery type that was more efficient? There are plenty of real conspiracies that get shadowed by ding dongs like you going around spreading dumb shit taking away from reality...
Hi, am a retired electrical engineer that worked for many years as a consultant for electricity distributers. You are so spot on regarding "community" electricity generation and storage. Not only will there be less pressure on the grid transmission system (with its visually disruptive pylons all over the countryside, including areas of natural beauty), but they will also be less dependent on monopolistic utilities, replaced with local accountability. And yes, the local green energy revolution is so so dependent on battery technology that is affordable, energy dense, reliable and environmentally friendly. If this happens, earth will certainly be a better place.
Local stationary energy storage for sustainable energy systems doesn't require high energy density though, which is the expensive part and also the very dangerous part. For bulk stationary storage the only requirement is that it's very cheap per unit of storage and can operate at part-charge without damage. Unfortunately, lead-acids don't fit the bill because even though they're relatively cheap and very safe, they get damaged unless maintained at 100% charge. Nickel-based chemistries are too expensive, lithium-ion is far too dangerous in large aircraft-hangar sized installations and tends to be very expensive as well. Perhaps LFP (lithium ferrophosphate) cells would be a good intermediate solution for local bulk storage but they are still far too expensive. Their cycle life and calendar life are outstanding, though. For large cities like Toronto, Montreal, NYC, L.A. and the like, having huge local battery storage systems might be a really good idea to relieve power stations from conditions of peak demand. It's just that battery technology is too dangerous and much too expensive right now. The highest possible energy density is only necessary for EVs, and is especially necessary for electric aircraft. The best current battery tech is much too dangerous and expensive, so even the best EVs are a very costly niche product and likely will remain so for many decades. They can get away with it for relatively small numbers of very expensive luxury & performance oriented vehicles, but EV still have no way to compete with internal combustion engines for low cost and high practicality & convenience. Long-range low-cost practical air travel entirely on green energy is a dream for the future--and an actual goal for the *distant* future.
@@devilsoffspring5519 I don't believe truly "cheap" energy will ever happen. It might be cheap to produce BUT it wont be cheap for the consumer, as with everything else.
@@starbyray7828 It has already happened. Off-peak electricity is roughly 10 cents a kWh, around 100 bucks a meg. Portable energy for vehicles (gasoline) is about twice that cost for the same amount of energy. That's really, really cheap. We may think of it as expensive because it's so common and so cheap that we use it frivolously. What's not cheap is practical, sustainable energy. The normal sources like oil-derived fuels for mobile applications and hydro, nuclear and natural gas for stationary energy are extremely cheap.
@@starbyray7828 Well you produce part of it yourself or within a small community, which makes it difficult to force you to pay high prices. Big corporations are what makes stuff expensive, because the force the price up, if you break their monopole, the prices will fall.
As a South African who experiences Loadshedding each day (rolling blackouts of up to 12.5 hrs a day), many of us who can afford it, have gone solar. Our home is now completely free from grid power. We have aircons, PCs, washing machines, dishwashers and all other home appliances running completely free every day. During rainy days we still generate enough solar energy to cover the base load of the house and trickle charge the batteries till, in most cases, even full. We went all out with our batteries. No expense saved there. And so far they have been paying off big time. Since the commissioning of our system our electricity usage quadrupled because we now had a near infinite supply. So much so that we literally have no load to spend 50% of the possible kWh's that we can generate from the sun. Currently we're looking at a way for homeowners in our security estate, with similar excess electricity to supply our excess back into our estate's grid so that other homes can use it. As crap as Loadshedding has been for us, it is also a blessing, since it forces us to cater for ourselves causing our corrupt government to lose the last little bit of power over us that they have.
Do you have a time Like once a month when you drain the batteries to 10% to make sure they stay good? Not sure what your batteries are made of but most batteries will go bad if you keep them charged all the time.
@@ebenezerspludge8369 The batteries manages themselves to keep them healthy. Every now and again they do get depleted. But never to 10%. My lower limit is 40%. The batteries themselves are rated for 6000 cycles at 100% depth of discharge or 15 years before it starts derating. With a 10 year warranty. It is LiFePO4 automotive grade batteries.
Your use case is most beneficial in a dysfunctional environment, such as South Africa, a failed state of Leftist ideals. In a functional, competent environment, individuals cannot economically compete with the services provided by dedicated companies.
I wish I could go solar, I wish I could afford a house, but nonetheless I still wouldn't. Over here in Australia I am not sure if you can go solar without connecting to the grid, and if we connect back to the grid, they charge you for power you send back. Connecting to the grid ends up costing you just as much as paying.
My brother put a solar roof on his house (22 panels) but had to sign a contract that stated that any excess power he generated would not be put back into the grid and sold back to the power company. The only way he was granted a permit to build was to sign that contract. The power company doesn't want to buy your electricity and, in some areas, can choose to deny residence access to solar energy if it means it will dip into their pockets. As long as lobbying exists, companies like that will continue to dictate policy.
@@JackParsons2 Yeah, that's kind of what I traditionally thought too. I had no idea some regions had to deal with this. DTE Energy is where we live, and they call the shots for us. :/
Currently it's being forced to exist at gunpoint by my state government. The "big oil" companies are pushing these renewables and there is no competition because, well, the government is forcing it on us.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL NEW TECH? xD This battery was at the drawing board since the 1960s and they had the same problems as we do now. Directly quoted from the wiki. Li-S batteries were invented in the 1960s, when Herbert and Ulam patented a primary battery employing lithium or lithium alloys as anodic material, sulfur as cathodic material and an electrolyte composed of aliphatic saturated amines.[12][13] A few years later the technology was improved by the introduction of organic solvents as PC, DMSO and DMF yielding a 2.35-2.5 V battery.[14] By the end of the 1980s a rechargeable Li-S battery was demonstrated employing ethers, in particular DOL, as the electrolyte solvent.[15][16] In 2020 Manthiram identified the critical parameters needed for achieving commercial acceptance.[17][18] Specifically, Li-S batteries need to achieve a sulfur loading of >5 mg cm−2, a carbon content of
This also works under the assumption that industries that stand to lose the most by this advancement go and sit on their hands and do nothing about this. Pretty sure as hard as they are working on the tech, they are probably thinking of adding a monthly subscription/licensing fee to these grid-independent devices.
@@orionbetelgeuse1937 If those people have been surviving without electricity for thousands of years up until this point why exactly is it so important to drastically change their lives? So much of our interference in the underdeveloped world has only made things horribly worse for them and us. We have millions of people in Africa now dependant on charity food supplies from the West, now they are supposed to get Western medical care, and you want to give them electricity so they can stay up later at night making more babies? We need to stop trying to "save" people that are obviously content in their ways and stop making it easier for them to breed excessively which just creates higher demands for more charity from us. Leave them alone, your aid is just another form of colonialism and it's not helping them.
I foresee laws preventing independent energy production for "safety" reasons. Governing bodies are not losing control of a major resource nor are the industries going to sit back and twiddle thumbs. Someone will make and sell the solar panels and as they do now, lease them. Someone will make and sell the batteries charging for a maintenance plan to service issues, someone will need to make the lines you use to carry power into your house. As always government will pick winners in that war, incentivise them well making laws preventing others. However the vast majority of individuals don't want to become producers,they just want to flip a switch and be done so mist will be happy to pay somebody to handle it all.
@@susanlippy1009 That wouldn't be surprising in some places, I recently found out that in Oregon the state doesn't trust it's citizens to pump their own gas into their cars lol. You have to pay a "specialist" to place the nozzle in your tank and push the button so you don't destroy your car or the gas station with your obvious incompetence. Hilarious
California’s electric utility cartels slowed the adoption of solar by 80% last year to boost their profits and take more money from their captive customers.
@@JackParsons2 full service gas stations used to be the norm. They pumped your gas, checked your oil and tire pressure as well as cleaned your windows. Pumping your own gas is a new thing🤣. People by and large do not want to know how things work or to actually have to work. They want to flip a switch and be done. Gas stations got tired of paying trained individuals to pump gas and provide service. Greed pushed those folks out of a job. Its not to prevent you from blowing up your car, that is fine with them as they will charge you to fix it. They don't want you breaking their pumps, stealing gas, putting skimmers on the pumps ECT. All of which are huge problems. To be fair folks drive off without taking the pump out of the tank all the time🤣. We are mostly a bunch of distracted monkeys mucking about. I'm amazed anyone lets us pump our own gas. While I think there are people capable of organizing community energy services and certainly folks capable of the mechanics of it all I doubt the majority of humanity could do so without criminal behaviors. Energy mafia's would pop up pretty quick in places and in others people without the ability to find their way out of a wet paper bag probably would indeed blow stuff up🤣. Chaos would probably ensue more than not. I lack faith in humanity overall just as much as I lack faith in the institutions we have built. I'm doubtful the average person would want independent energy apart from government. I mean right now you can purchase panels install them and produce your own power for your home as well as store such power in a battery yet most homes are still connected to the energy grid. Few people are willing to do the work to be self reliant. Most who get solar pay a company to come out install and provide maintenance for said system which ends up costing more than just being on grid. Government has incentivised these businesses with tax $. You get hitched into the grid and become a producer that is paid below market rates for what you produce ensuring you still owe. You now owe a solar company and the electric company. What never occurs us free electric for the populace.
I imagine it's like light bulbs... The first mass-produced bulbs could last years, there is one in a fire station that has been working non-stop for over 100 years. The companies actually got together to place a limit on how long bulbs could last so they can make the most profit.
Something to consider is that, like LED bulbs, how hard you drive a incandescent bulb has a huge effect on it's lifespan. Unlike LED bulbs though, a incandescent lightbulb has the highest chance of failure when you turn it on (likely due to thermal shock on the filament) which means that if you run a incandescent light bulb 24/7 then it has a much lower chance of failure compared to one that is turned on and off constantly. If you run that bulb that is running 24/7 at a fraction of it's rated power then you also vastly increase it's lifespan. In other words, if you look at photos of that fire station bulb you will notice that it is extremely dim which means that it is running at a fraction of the power that a regular bulb would be running at and it has been running pretty much 24/7 in that low power state which avoids both conditions that lead to failure.
Yes. I'm legally blind (not fully blind) and would love to have a bionic eye to improve my vision. But it would be a nightmare to have to "recharge my eyes" every 5 hours.
@@chunkyMunky329 The worst you'd have to deal with is heat radiation generated from the wireless power transfer and some kind of device strapped to your head. Considering how thin wireless charging elements are/ can be and the amount of power you'd have to transmit, you could probably get away with an ear piece of some sort. But bar that, you'd be fine. However, transmitting enough power to power say, a car? You're talking a lot of non-ionizing radiation similar to a cell tower, but wayyyy more intense
Here is one big issue, the higher the energy density, the more dangerous and the bigger the boom we get when (not if) something goes wrong. Really, the only difference between a battery and an explosive device is the ability to control the release rate of that energy
@@chickenman297 It wasn't a bad overview of the problems with batteries in general. Aram didn't not specific issues each type of battery as they weren't relevant to the video, batteries are probably at the limit of what we can do with them and new ones might come on to the market if they can solve some serious technical issues. Note his comment comparing them to fusion just being around the corner.
@@davidmacphee3549 A 9 volt? That can't break the resistance of the skin You need at LEAST 50V, and that is still on the very low. You can find some Ohm calculators to find out what you need to break through skin, which is roughly 10k to 100k ohm. Figuring out skin resistance to zap someone is actually a very good way of starting to understand Ohms law, everyone gets interested for some reason :)
Lightbulbs were originally designed to last a very long time, a lot of things were meant to last for a long time. People realised that they'd make more money by giving them a shorter like span
One of the very few times there has actually been a secret conspiracy like some folks like to yell about. Funny how the tinfoil hat crowd does not seem to know about it...
Light bulbs, assuming you’re talking about the incandescent kind, like many things, involve a tradeoff. In this case it’s a tradeoff between lifespan and efficiency. The most efficient lightbulb is the one which burns the hottest, but that also has the shortest life. Conversely, you can make a bulb which will last many years but it will be terribly inefficient. Incandescent lightbulbs have long been designed for a medium lifespan/efficiency. It has nothing to do with making money.
@@ethanlamoureux5306 You're talking form a technical view of how it functions, I'm not. I'm talking how these types of products were originally meant to be used, then were changed (be that for efficiency or profit) There's information out there about these things and their uses when first invented, how the products were changed largely because a company wouldn't make as much money.
@@ethanlamoureux5306 Nope, there already were designs with good lifespan/efficiency ratio, and then the different companies got together and agreed to lower the lifespan so they could sell more and also that anyone whose product was too good would have to pay fines.
@@Martyn_Wolf except the as you put it technical point of view makes it so that the thing you're talking about isn't nearly as cut and dry as you'd like to believe. There were genuine technical reasons to limit lightbulb lifespan. Efficiency is one factor, another is light temperature and finally there is luminosity. Back to efficiency and lifespan, if our light bulbs were less efficient, but longer lasting that would have put more strain on electric grids. I remember reading an analysis according to which it would have been more expensive for consumers to have longer lasting lightbulbs due to the increased electricity usage and costs thereof.
I love the idea of these new batteries that would last longer with more power than normal lithium ion batteries but my first thought was that the main manufacturers for batteries wouldn't want to make these readily available, companies like duracel would probably be opposed to new batteries and I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happened with the advancement of lightbulb technology, they got too advanced and the companies producing them weren't making enough money for it to be effective so they purposely made worse lightbulbs.
No. If someone developed a new leap in battery technology to hold us over until Lithium Air comes around? They would be disgustingly rich. Remember it isn't just one company striving for it. It is literally countries. America, China, all of Western Europe are researching it for not just civilian, but military uses. Solid State is coming out in 2024. I'm really hoping more break throughs on lithium air can. Therotically they have the best maximum potential, and can be made to draw air from the environment making them hold up to 12.7kw kg. Anyway technology moves to rapidly for old companies to try to stagnant a technology so important to civilization. Governments would get involved.
The world of today isnt the same as 100 years ago where information traveled very slowly, if ever. It was a different time and opportunity to create artificial scarcity. Besides, its not really the battery manufacturer that is concerned but the current energy providers and the politicians on their payroll. It's why Biden wont acknowledge Tesla corp, but praise Gm and Ford as leaders of electrification when they barely sold a few thousand cars. Meanwhile tesla had about a million on the roads already. It's also why UAE pivot to invest in entertainment/sports because they see the writings on the wall. For decades, battery development was undermined, since the oil crisis of the 70's basically, when people thought of changing the whole thing. It was even recognized by governments. The whole thing could have been much further, but at last, it's finally happening
@@dianapennepacker6854, that's like saying that cars that ran on batteries in 1890 weren't suppressed by car manufactures of the time (and for the century) while they were saying it was dangerous and ICE were the future of cars that run on batteries...
Your comment made me do a deep dive. After doing a deep dive... It looks like any conclusions about those jars being batteries is speculation but speculation supported by evidence (just not strong evidence). There's nothing to indicate that they were definitely not used as batteries, however. Several of them were found, not just one. SO let us go ahead and assume they were batteries since that's more fun and other hypotheses have less evidence to support them (such as "they were only used as storage for scrolls" because that is contradicted by the acid - you'd never put your scrolls in acid of any kind if you were trying to save them).
@@germanmade1219 Dude its just 1 volt of energy in the best case, you can´t do that much with it, and even then, gold plating is practically non existent in bagdad (as far as I could find), you are probably thinking of ''Dendera lights'' that are from egypt, and even then that has its own set of issues
@@rogerlouie1no there are not several "batteries", there is one. Four jars were found. One of four jars found together had the components which could theoretically have been a battery (copper, iron and electrolyte). One had papyrus. The final two... iirc, just had copper in it with no acid or iron. And to indicate that they were not used as batteries... well, that's simple. There is no record of anything which would use electricity. Also, "since that's more fun" is a horrible reasoning. You might as well just come out and say "I am gonna believe this because I want to believe it. You don't need an explanation for everything. There is *some* amount of evidence that one of them is a battery. There is *some* amount of evidence that it was for storing papyrus. (Other theories too ofc, but I'm not gonna list 500 different theories.) Neither is very compelling. So... instead of "this is fun, so let's say it is true!" just admit to the fact: We have no idea what it is. That's all it is. It is a weird jar found a few km south of Baghdad that we have no idea what it was used for.
*Unlimited Energy = A lot more heat output...* I watched Star Trek as a kid, and all the science shows but I never believed any of it would be tomorrow. Seen too many 'next big things' in my lifetime that came to nothing, but I also understand that some people desperately cling to the 'next big thing' becoming a reality, my only worry is what toll it will take on them mentally when they finally realise that most things fail...just wanting things to be true is not enough.
Lithium batteries are considered a hazardous material to ship, meaning shipping containers must be labeled showing that lithium batteries are present so that first responders know how to safely approach and deal with them in case of accidents and emergencies.
I've been there myself and it's always hard to break it to people who are still awstruck at the prospects of that magical sci-fi future that's apparently just years away. Real scientific progress is very slow and incremental, and most the papers out there are total deadends. Especially if they sound cool. The researchers see what they want to see and exaggerate to garner attention and funding. Journalists don't understand the subject matter and then exaggerate the smallest 'maybes' into headlines for clickbait. If 10% of the things I read about had come true, IRL Star Trek wouldn't be far away.
@@balazsvarga1823 Yep, cobalt batteries are a risk, so are LFP. Regardless of the chemistry, it's also a matter of energy density, as the battery isn't the only risk it also includes the electronics and wiring with shorts and you still have a fire...
R&D with carbon tax money. In 2012 the Korean presidents brother, who worked for ExxonMobil his entire life, took over the International Panel of Climate Change at the UN.. ExxonMobil is the world leader in green technologies
theres a crystal growing, layering, pressing, tech tool the universities & others have. Inputting as little as a watch battery amount of energy to it produces more then a semi battery worth of output. Light can be used to input a slight amount of energy to the crystal tech as well
My grandfather was in the Cheshire Signals during the Malayan Incident, where he spent years in the jungle intercepting and deciphering coded radio messages, and he said that they were given batteries to keep electronics running for months on end in the jungle which have never seen the light of day on the consumer market, and that was 60 years ago.
@@erincarson8998 Probably. They are expensive and non-rechargeable, but store an enormous amount of energy for their size and weight (Wiki says about 1,300 Wh/kg, around 6 or 7 times better than li-ion) No idea about their safety or their discharge performance.
army radios are very different to a phone that is basically a mini pc, and don't require any where near as much power and are basically using no power while still being able to pick up signals
50 years ago, my Father worked for the local electric company. He took me to work one day and they were all exited to shom me a new battery that lasted 500 years. It was a small black pellet. I have no idea of its compisition. They even gave me a glass cube with one of the pellets inside. Ive never seen them commercially anywhere, but imagine the change it would make in our lives.
Cobalt is mainly obtained as a secondary product from copper and nickel extraction. The sulfur batteries you mentioned exhibit a significant self-discharge rate. Regarding lithium, the issue isn't scarcity, but rather the challenge of extracting it rapidly enough to satisfy growing demand. Establishing a new lithium mine typically requires five years or more.
And the cost of diesel fuel for one super excavator is 6.5 million that’s just fuel no maintenance at all. That’s why they use slave labor. Remember that there is an estimated 40.3 million slaves today. Yet nobody cares. Sad but true 🙏🇺🇸
If you are talking of extracting lithium from rock deposits, then you are right, it takes at least five years to get a new mine into production. But high-lithium geothermal brines are being discovered in huge quantities in many countries (Salton Sea region in USA, Elsass in France, Cornwall in UK, etc), and those can be developed very quickly, as they involved no mining operation, just drilling + a lithium extraction plant, and have a minimal environmental footprint, so they can be developed within a densely populated region. The heat from the brines also allow the operation to generate its own energy, with a surplus! See: - www.energy.gov/eere/articles/us-department-energy-analysis-confirms-californias-salton-sea-region-be-rich-domestic - ua-cam.com/video/FbzL09SoHdo/v-deo.html
In the context of growing economic demand then scarcity is exactly the issue, right? Though I get what you mean with typical connotations of the word, and resource scarcity alone doesn't explain much as to why that is. With how quick tech and the world's demand moves, the mines can't keep up which leaves us with demand induced scarcity. Fast world we live in 😵💫
@@mildjellisc Catch 22 New technology also takes time to come to market By which time the supply demands May have caught up. It's amazing how much technology is developing So many different Innovations flying around Seems like a new one every day.
This is genuinely so cool to see! I use to watch you back when I was 7-8 years old. I am now 18 and randomly thought about your channel after seeing the number 42! I’m so happy you were able to grow your channel and pursue your dreams.
Big power organisations don't want people to have cheap energy. Hence why new house in the UK are mandated to not have chimneys as to not be able to supply your own heating.
How the fuck did the UK manage to dominate and control 25% of the planet at one point? Every story i hear out of the UK nowadays is about the government oppressing the people and the people just shrugging their shoulders in response...where did the killer fighter Briton go?
I love how people who try to say that the Baghdad battery was just used for electroplating jewelry never bother to mention that electroplating wasn't invented until the mid-1800s.
It's a long list of things that have been "discovered" more than once throughout history. The United States was "discovered" at least 4 times. 1. Native Americans (descendants from asians). 2. Original South Americans 3. Vikings, 4. Europeans. Chinese could fold steel in a way we still can't figure out. Japanese used to build homes and buildings without any metal "screws"
I'd like to see an example of 1st dynasty Egyptian electroplated jewellery, then I might believe that the Baghdad battery was used for that purpose. Until then I will keep an open mind!
While it is technically possible to run out of a mineral but when people talk about "running out," thats not what they mean. It's just that it becomes increasingly hard and energy intensive to get it. There's lots of lithium on this planet, it's just very hard and energy intensive to separate from other minerals.
My grandfather and his good friend attempted to get a specific battery technology they created patented and sold but ran into a hell of a time. All labs and scholastic resources refused to publish anything on their results due to fears of being surprised. It’s insane, they no longer are trying after 20 years of putting up the good fight.
If they have truly given up I hope they find a way to get the knowledge out to people. It's better that the more efficient tech is known even if they can't make money from it
Screw patents. Just put it out. Patents only work for trolls and corporations who can afford to sue large companies... If you can't.. Then patents are pointless. Just gives everyone who's rich clear instructions on how to undercut you.
I would be very rich if I had a dollar each time someone said that “this new battery changes everything.” The problem is that you need a revolutionary battery design that can be manufactured at scale. Lots of battery breakthroughs recently but so far none have actually made sense or are even possible to mass manufacture. I’ll believe it when I see it. Update- Well now it looks like he edited the title of the video and the thumbnail after the fact so that’s cool.
Thank you 42. I subscribed to your channel way back when you used to always wear a suit and tie saying since this was your only job the least you could do was to look presentable for us. I've watched you change over those many, many months but, thankfully, the one thing that never changed was your hard work creating quality, well researched, thought provoking videos about important issues, ideas, and other happenings in our world we need to know about. Your uploads are always looked forward to, by me, and many others, and you never let us down. I am glad you shaved that mustache though. It really wasn't you. 🤣
"Well researched" the Baghdad battery is pure psudoscience. In fact it wanst even a battery in the furst place, and furthermore there is ZERO evidence it could have been used for electroplating as implied in the video.
Here is my solution to the short life span of sulfur batteries. Design the Sulfur Cathode portion to be easily replaceable. Instead of swapping out the whole battery, swap out only the Sulfur Cathode portion. Inorder to easily swap it out, ideally want the whole system to be dry. So why not have the Sulfur battery also have a Solid State Electrolyte? Consumers would love this, because they have lighter weight heavy energy density battery. Companies would love this because they have a steady income from sales of Sulfur Cathodes. I am surprised no one has thought of this solution.
They haven't thought of it because there's probably a hundred reasons why that's a bad idea. Electrons need to flow freely from the anode to the cathode, and I doubt they could do that if it was detachable
The question for me isnt only range but also how long it takes to recharge. When i can recharge a car battery in the same time that it takes to fuel up my truck now, then ill consider it.
If your charging over night it shouldn’t be a problem , when was the last time you drove a whole tank worth in a single day. I can’t remember ever doing that in the last 10 years atleast.
@@slowmomma7222 Someone's never driven between cities before...FYI, I've driven on city to city trips of ~800km here in Canada that require at least 2 gas tank refills on my Highlander Hybrid (range is usually around 600 - 700km per tank of fuel).
Copper, when introduced to grape juice, can pause fermentation. I think the Baghdad battery had absolutely nothing to do with a battery and everything to do with wine preservation. That’s not very exciting though.
@shawnglass108 to Keep documents secret or protected. They've found similar jars with papyrus scrolls in the core. The asphalt matters. Especially for a battery. Seeing as that using vinegar or wine or juice would only last for a relatively short period of time. You'd have to open it regularly and switch out the liquid. Not very easy to do if you're trying to break an asphalt seal.... see if you read the ACTUAL studies about it You'd know this too! Education is the cure for stupidity!
There are several good videos on the topic by actual archeologists. It almost certainly wasn't a battery. Probably a ritual / symbolic thing containing a dedication, prayer, incantation or something like that. A few of these jars were found, but only one "looks like" it could have been a battery... and only looks like that if you squint just right.
@@travcollier Archaeology the science that isn't a science because so much of it depends on guesswork. Archaeology - making grave robbing respectable. Archaeology - a branch of History, and we all know history is written by the victors.
A lot of energy companies bought the copyright to lots of inventions to stop them coming to market. This is why there has been such a strangle hold when it comes to petrol etc Keep up the good work. Always interesting.
@@hcox1111 They prefer to believe in fantasy so they can invent silly tales of heros and villains instead of admitting that the reality of our existence is far more mundane. Nobody is hiding some secret alien technology from the world, we're all just doing the best we can with what's available and that is all that we will ever do.
@@hcox1111 there's always a loophole,,,,this being that u can always say u doing some improvements before releasing it and never actually release it 😢
The Baghdad battery isn't really a battery, but rather it had a ritual role. This is actually quite an interesting topic that deserves a video of its own. The one definitive video about it that I found is from an archeologist specialized in Near East. The channel's name is Artifactually Speaking and funnily enough it is actually a reaction video.
Yep. It MAY have been a battery, but it was not understood to be one, and was not used as one. It lacks a hole for a wire. The tube was not long enough, so there's no spot to connect anything to complete a circuit. The stopper was in the way. It was just storage. If it was actually used for electroplating, we would have electroplated artifacts, and the devices that made them, but we don't.
No one knows what they were it's all speculation. Every time an archeologist or historian doesn't know what something was they always say it was religious or ceremonial, if I had dollar for every time I've heard one say that...
@@dickJohnsonpeterthank you. It's so annoying to hear AB archeologist proclaim what something was or wasn't and what it was and wasn't used for thousands of years ago. I have no issue with them giving an educated guess, but I have an issue with someone taking it wasn't a battery. How do they know? They don't. They can infer but they can't know for sure. I also saw people saying that while it's technically a battery, they didn't use it as such. Oh really? I didn't realize humans could live to be thousands of years old to know what people did or didn't know. You could maybe prove that ancients did know something but how do you prove they didn't know something? You can't.
@@dickJohnsonpeter Occam's Razor, buddy. We have plenty of evidence for the likes of religious or cultural use of objects. On the other hand take away this so-called battery and there's NO evidence for batteries in Mesopotamia or anywhere else... it's up to people making the claim to prove it. Try and think critically. Why isn't there other batteries found at this or any other sites? Where are the lightbulbs or electroplated materials? Would not such an advancement have been adopted all through the ancient world?
Wonderful video, as always so informative and well put together. I’m so delighted to see more and articles and influencers covering this issue lately! As an RC hobbyist I am most excited for Solid State batteries. Li-Po was a huge game changer over Ni-Mh and solid state could be just as game changing. Not in terms of power but just making the batteries safer not having to worry about Dendrites or puffing/swelling
For the RC hobby li-ion (including polymer cells, same thing) cells are fine. You're probably not going to fly a 200 km/h model aircraft continuously for hours and hours. Passenger planes have different requirements :)
@@devilsoffspring5519 I totally get it. I just don’t run RC planes, I primarily run RC cars and trucks of all types from bash rigs to speed run rigs to rock crawlers. I feel like it would be most beneficial for bashers, they take a lot of abuse and one little compromise of a cell from a tiny rock finding it’s way wedged under the lipo and your RC car just went up in flames. I’ve seen it before cause I mostly bash and launch my bashers 50-80ft in the air off of jumps, so more durable batteries would be nice. Also, he said they’ve been able to run hundreds of cycles out of solid state lithium batteries. I’m lucky to get 50 runs before the lipo start to puff and swell, sometimes less. Then completely fail around 70-80 cycles, sometimes less. My castle link on xlx2 1/5 scale RC car says it’s pulling up to 500+ amp bursts tho in the data logs, that’s a lot of draw on a battery
@@stevensaid2200 It isn't so much a shortcoming of battery technology as running excessively high current to get the performance you want out of a given size pack. As an analogy, it's been possible for decades to get 1,000+ HP per liter of displacement from a gasoline engine--over 16 HP per cubic inch. Just don't expect it to last 250,000 miles.
@@devilsoffspring5519 haha that’s so true! I won’t know how they perform until they are ready for consumption but I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t live up to my hopes and dreams lol I do realize that these cars aren’t meant to be jumped/dropped from heights of more than like 6ft, I’m a part of an extreme minority within the RC hobby . Bash it break it fix it repeat is my mantra for the last 6 years haha
@@stevensaid2200 Hehehe yeah, I used to fly RC and I quickly learned to buy the cheapest packs that got the job done. No point in a super-expensive flight battery that lasts 200-300 cycles when it gets splattered all over the countryside on the 6th or 7th flight :)
The problem with Lithium batteries is not just their energy density, it is also their tendency to catch fire (catastrophically), the use of rare elements in their construction, and their relative slowness to recharge (compared to filling a tank with gas). This doesn’t begin to address the issues with the capability of the grid to deal with charging large numbers of EVs, or their need to be replaced periodically (at great cost). There are so many factors that limit the acceptance of EVs, but it seems that everyone is only focused on this one aspect, when any one of the other problems could halt their acceptance. Lastly, they should NOT be made mandatory (as some municipalities are trying to do by 2035), as we live in a “free” society, and should be allowed to accept a technology (or reject it) depending on our personal needs and desires. Too often it seems that governments see EVs as a way to consolidate their power over the people.
I've been watching the slow development of battery technology for a long time. While we excitedly anticipate the next revolutionary development, we are treated instead with the plodding pace of evolutionary development. We're going to see this wild and amazing new technologies, but they need the time to properly percolate. This was a great episode and you did a very nice job of breaking down and explaining the various elements involved.
Chemistry is fun. So today my wife told me she poured some vinegar down the sink hoping to loosen up some of the problem we are having. She also mentioned that she poured draino down the sink previously. A day previously. I missed the mention of that time gap at first. So I asked her, "Do you know what happens when you mix Draino and Vinegar?" "No", she said. I came back quickly with, "Neither do I." So she looked it up. Never mix those two things, especialy in a drain unless you would like a Draino Volcano coming back at you.
I believe they are trying to pass a bill in California to make it so you can't use or store the energy produced by you solar. You first have to sell the energy to the power company and then buy it back at an increased cost.
I have been waiting about 8 years now since I first heard about them hoping for solid state battery technology to get to a point where it gets into the consumer market. They will be such a game changer.
Probably not going to happen. Do you think big tech that makes billions a year on crappy battery tech is going to give that up? Huge energy suppliers would go out of business.
I am hoping for a breakthrough in solidstate magnesium batteries. Problem is finding proper andode/cathode pairs. It would be both hella cheap and powerful.
And they will never let it see light. Profit is exponentially more important than effectiveness. Ruin the Earth? Shrug. entirely unsustainable? Whatever. Expensive as hell? Much better. 😊❤
“General Shittery”! 😂 that’s going to get a lot more use in conversation. You produce some exceptional videos. The graphics, research and delivery of complex (impenetrable) subjects are all top level. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
A decentralized energy grid sounds great economically, but remember that there are engineering challenges to getting the phases/voltages to function seamlessly together as most current power grids have spinning generators which aren't capable of adapting to a network with multiple changing inputs and outputs of power.
That is a very good summary of the current state the art in battery technology. Some minor comments: EV companies are increasingly using LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries that do not require cobalt or nickel. Sodium ion batteries are very promising for cheap grid storage but they are too heavy to be practical in EVs. Overall, I enjoyed this episode.
I've watched this guy grow up on the tube. Like learning to play the piano, he has worked hard to learn the craft. Deserves every view. His videos are very well done.
I tried to present data of actual uses and situations we encounter in farming over the POLITICS of this lie ... YT or him blocked most of my replies . I quit ... Believe the lies .
Iron nickel "Edison batteried" built over 100 years ago still working today. They stopped manufacturing them. We need to go back and redesign them for higher amperage in a smaller package
Glad you did this video, it's surprising that it's not talked about as much as it should be. Battery technology and designs need to, and are going to make drastic changes shortly.
We kind of do, RTG's are really small, the issue isn't in the technology, but rather the danger involved. Do you want to trust random humans with a pocket battery that could irradiate and potentially depopulate a few city blocks?
15:37 I feel I should point out that with regards to solar power: seasons exist, clouds exist, and not every location is optimal or even viable for solar power energy at a scale that could support a small community like a remote village (let alone a larger town or city). Solar would need to not only become more efficient, but somehow become able to produce during a rainy or snowy season, and to have a lifespan which continues to produce for a reasonably cost effective amount of time before needing replacement to achieve the same output. There are hard walls of nature at times, and no amount of wishful thinking will make power from solar panel arrays viable for every spot that people live on this planet.
Greed will never allow these concepts to come to complete fruition, unless and until it becomes an absolute necessity-even then, I fear the greedy will just find another way! 😪
A while back I read an article about a company developing a soft, flexible battery made from wood pulp. Haven't heard anything since. Wonder if they're still around...
I DESIGNED A ELECTROMAGNET GENERATOR THAT RAN THROUGH CIRCUIT BOARDS YEARS AGO. IM POOR, AND THEY'LL NEVER LET US BE FREE... MAKE YOUR OWN AND KEEP QUIET.
I just seen a review of a scientific paper the other day in regards to the discovery of elements in deep space holding the atomic weight of 260... there is now a pretty substantial gap in regards to known elements 😊
Do you mean Nobelium and Lawrencium? (102 and 103?) which I think had weights of 259 and 262. They didn't recently discover them, we have known about them and we have made them before back in the 60s, just not in high quantities. In fact, we made Oganesson (118) with an atomic mass of 294 in 2002.. One issue is that high-mass elements are HIGHLY radioactive and have insanely short half-lives the higher the mass goes, measured in minutes and even seconds. Nobelium is 58 minutes, and Oganesson is 0.58 milliseconds.. we would have to use them instantly as they literally start falling apart. The paper you are talking about was neat, see, normally, these high-mass elements aren't seen anywhere in nature, not even in atomic detonations, but the paper shows a good possibility that they are made in some stars. It is a great discovery when it comes to astrophysics, especially understanding the life cycles of stars, but unfortunately, they aren't useful to normal consumers. I want to just point out that A LOT of misinformation is and has been going around about new "elements", especially in the whole "I want to believe" community, thinking that different solar systems have completely new and different elements that would solve our energy issues or that allow aliens to seemingly violate the laws of physics, which is impossible to do.... unfortunately, new elements like that don't exist, we can predict out ever possible element and its properties, the galaxy or star system doesn't change that. We aren't going to find a new replacement for lithium in Andromeda, nor is element 115 going to let us create antigravity and warp drive.. that doesn't mean we can't, we just have to find different ways of doing it, which means we need MORE scientists, engineers, and etc, but this misinfo does the opposite and dissuades people from trusting the scientific community, which just delays these awesome new technologies that we WILL have someday. I am just sort of trying to clarify that point. However, as I said, it is a very cool paper, but it is cool for other reasons, and people should absolutely read it, you can find it on the NCSU site.
"Energy is always Free" and the ones in control of power knows it very well! Their work is to block us from this very idea no matter what and our work is to always keep fighting for this idea to come alive someday or the other.
No. Energy is not free. Never. What would make you think that, *even if it did not cost anything to distribute the energy* -- wires, maintenance, insurance, etc -- the generation itself had no cost? Sorry. This time I can say that physics says you're wrong.
@@thetimesofmemes13 Yes, I'm sorry to say that the controversy is that's not true. It's not a battery. This has been dispelled for years. Guinness isn't an government sanctioned organization with strict rules and oversight. As a matter of fact, their publicly known for allowing people and companies to buy world records for just about anything as a publicity stunt. They don't even hide it. They essentially tell you that on their website's front page. ua-cam.com/video/cRZR_TeVi5Y/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/19mhccQ3nVA/v-deo.html
Okay, I googled lithium sulfur batteries and Lyten. They are opening a new factory in Nevada. So, they are still around. But there are still electrical cars that catch fire because of their batteries, in the US, not just China. Happened last month in our neighborhood. Everybody was watching the fire department struggle to contain it. Much less put it out.
The problem is, the battery industry has a 200 year track record of fanatic promises the they never deliver on. For 200 years they have been just 10 years away from the Uber battery.
IF you ask the average person where their electricity comes from, they'll tell you "from the wall." The idea that people will all take control of their own power would seem a long way off.
It's already happening. It will never be universal (nor could it be), but there is a definite trend in individuals becoming autonomous in electricity, as well as small community projects.
It doesn't matter if most people are ignorant of how it works. It wouldn't require educating each person or household. It would only require 1 or 2 standard-setters in each community, demonstrating good results and especially financial savings, and that would get most of the others interested in getting in on it. They don't need to know or even care how it works. They just need to have the open-mindedness and financial willingness to give it a shot.
I'm going to tell that to my iPhone snobbish coworker'ss. I work in the space program. Most will laugh, but others, very few, will exclaim vile blasphemy, pronounce a vile curse on me., and then laugh because they find it funny also. Same goes for Andoid users. My manager is a huge Apple fanatic. One day, one of my Apple devotee friends ran to bossman and wailed how I was mocking the Mac. I was immediately called to be dressed down. Bossman said to me "Duce, you know your coworker is a huge snowflake. Please dont taunt him...unless I'm there."The whole office busted out laughing, even the "snowflake." I'm 70 and the "snowflake is also a boomer, about six years younger. I really dont want to retire I live my job, the people I work with, and especially the bossman. Worked with him for over 35 years
Man I ve been watching your videos for maybe a decade now. You always bring nice content and you make it better and better! Happy to see your channel grow. Merry Christmas!
@@warmage247I watch them mainly for the entertainment and not really the answer to the question. Just how he goes so in depth of the whole situation, refers other solutions, then explains the solution the video is off of. Idk, I just think they’re fun to watch and entertaining
With you mentioning Goodenough, I was convinced you'd mention his Glass battery tech in development. From what little I had read about it it supposedly gets more efficient with more charges. (Usually batteries degrade over time)
In 2017 I bought a kindle fire its been used regularly for reading books. In 2019 it died and would no longer hold a charge. Until I started charging it from a DC power source. Now I can occasionally charge it on a trickle charge from an AC power outlet but mostly using DC. It takes a full charge and will hold that on standby for around 15 days. I still use it regularly and its still going very well considering its now 7 years old. I do note that the old trickle battery chargers are no longer available and everything these days is fast charge-- which destroys the battery after just a couple of years..............
We (Australia) produce a lot of these rare-earths - the current gov is looking into both scaling up our mining and improving how we approach it to reduce environmental impact (Lithium in particular is quite nasty) Hoping to get to look at it for my engineering thesis if all goes to plan (either that or how we refine aluminium which is pretty energy intensive currently) we’re also pretty anti-child labour, which you’d think I wouldn’t need to state; but compared to a lot of other nations it’s an important detail
I remember hearing something about getting patens in the US that if you create something more than 20% efficient the US government will seize the product under some act that is meant to keep national security and economy safe. Basically if Solar was extremely efficient it would put electric plants out of business and they are owned by companies that are considered "too big to fail" plus the owners or oil companies would lose money with better EV cars and they donate waaayyyy too much to our government to allow that to happen.
The so-called “Baghdad battery” is believed to be from the Sassanian Era, roughly 224 - 651 AD. The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar with a stopper made of asphalt. Sticking through the asphalt is an iron rod surrounded by a copper cylinder. The so-called “Baghdad battery” is not really a battery at all. We know this because it bears a very close resemblance to objects with an identifiable purpose found by a team of archaeologists from the University of Michigan in 1930 at the site of Seleukia, not far from Baghdad. The objects found at Seleukia look almost just like the so-called “Baghdad battery,” but we know they were, in fact, used to hold papyrus scrolls because they all contained remnants of papyrus scrolls when they were excavated. The scroll-holders from Seleukia consist of a metal rod that the scroll could be wrapped around and a tube inside a ceramic pot that the scroll to be slid inside for protection. Most likely, the so-called “Baghdad battery” is just a scroll container. The scroll was meant to be wrapped around the iron rod, slid inside the copper tube, and then slipped inside the ceramic container, which could then be sealed to protect the scroll inside. The acidic residue on the inside of the container most likely comes from the papyrus or parchment of the scroll that the pot once contained, since papyrus and parchment are both slightly acidic. Eventually, the scroll decomposed, leaving the acidic residue behind.
Am I the only one who gets a kick out of the F-bombz? The way they drop are usually unexpected and funny af. Thanks Thoughty2 for always delivering great content.
You forget people’s nature. Even if we get a miracle battery technology that will liberate communities from the grid, you will have people and companies who will still do everything they can to make a profit off of those communities. People are not inherently selfless.
We aren't being held back by anything but greed. If batteries become so good, companies couldn't make as much money. It's why healthcare companies treat patients and not cure them. You can't have a business without repeat customers.
I think you should have also included the new trend of lithium battery recycling which has been a big thing recently. Also, I feel companies purposely want to keep using lithium ion batteries because they have a limited lifespan and they make money from battery replacements or new phone sales.
Except it isn't happening. Lots of companies say they do it, but it is not a feasible technology. What they are doing: they take the batteries and then perform a "swap", whereby they purchase lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide at a discount (because of government subsidy), and then sell that lithium product back at market price. This is NOT "recycling". The actual, true recycling of lithium batteries is decades away if ever, because the technology to recover the lithium in an economic manner simply does not, and maybe cannot (due to the total energy loss, chemistry change, or degradation) exist.
@@nadavegan No recycling process recovers 100% of the original product. Batteries are being recycled at exceptionally high rate. Lithium is a very small part of a battery. The reason why this industry is experiencing a trend is because with EV and storage batteries, the companies will have big amounts of the exact same and known batteries. This eliminate many problems that today's battery recycling still has which will make the whole thing a lot more profitable in the future.
Batteries, just like Lightbulbs, Tires, Seeds, Cell Phones, etc. are highest on the list of Planned Obsolescence Domination by power hungry corporations and governments. Numerous independent engineers & inventors have successfully broken through over the years - only to be squashed by the Big Biz Boys...and sadly, will continue. Thank you 42 for all of your thought-provoking and amazingly fascinating content!! 👏
@@iiiiii19that's the point, you aren't allowed to know about them. Usually it's controlled in the following methods: 1.they buy off the competitor(the new threat to their profits) 2.adjust the regulations in order to make it severely harder to publicize their inventions 3.create drama and false narratives about new technologies to make the public not trust it 4. Dig up the past of the individuals in order to force them to stop or to start a legal battle hassle for the individual until they are financially bankrupt. 5.lastly is ending if the ones above don't work. Unless you have really really good connections that can back you up financially, you'll have a really difficult time releasing anything that could harm the profits of the monopolized industries
extrudable polymeric batteries are a good example, bought from Leeds university by an American company which then dropped off the radar, you don't need high density batteries for cars etc if you can make most of the car body a battery.
So here I am a year or more later, wondering where those battery technologies are. I know there are hurdles but it seems like the biggest hurdle is the actual desire to find the answer to the problem.
Wanted to say something Along the lines of that, too but He just used it to say that the principle was already there without claiming that it powered anything so I think He gets some kind of pass.
@@billysgeo well define "store" - it is most probable that people just buried wishes and curses in it but might also have had some little Charge in it, even if that was by accident, that tickled when you touched it. So in any case not what you'd expect with the Word "battery" but technically he said it would Not have had any signifikant power so I still think he ist right on the line. Would be way easier to discuss if any of the Originals would be available to inspect anywhere.
The fact that advanced battery tech could allow the individual or small collectives to give large corporate-controlled or government-controlled grids the finger is exactly the reason they will fight tooth, claw, and nail to keep it off the private market or too expensive for the average consumer. Graphene / Carbon-60 batteries were the magic tech being talked about in the late 1980's (I remember going on about them to my coworkers in 1990), and yet, here we sit, without laptops that will run for a month on a single charge, and with many governments literally making it ILLEGAL to live off the grid. I have no doubt we can solve the tech problem with our incredible ingenuity. But to solve the problem of being ALLOWED to use that tech freely, we may have to use our fists instead. Which is a shame.
Thanks thoughty 2, once the power companies are not making mega bucks they will most likely buy the patents and bury them. Love your channel tis "simply the best"🇮🇪
You do know patents don't last forever, right? And they are also public domain? And they don't always cross borders IF someone actually made a breakthrough like this they would make a fortune, it would be stupid not to manufacture it and if not the battery companies would be throwing money at them for the rights to manufacture it and let's say big battery (there is no big battery there is an immense amount of competition in this area) did want to bury this super cheep and easy to manufacture miracle battery so they can keep making profits do you really think mr. cheung of Guangdong province gives two F's about that patent in America? NO, hes gonna rip that thing and start pumping them out for domestic sale, and then the company in America has no choice but to start producing them too. what if they dont patent it? what if they came up with this in there super secret underground lab and then proceeded to do NOTHING with the R&D it would still get out, because they created a multibillion dollar idea and put 0 protections on it someone there is going to see how it works, quit, and then sell it to another company or do a bit of corporate espionage and sell that info under the table.
If I only had a nickel for every time I've heard someone say they "developed a new battery tech that will change the world".
I would really like to see one live up to the hype but I'm not going to hold my breath for this.
If I had a nickel cadmium for every time I had dead batteries....
@@newfreenayshaun6651 I wouldn't want to have a NiCad every time I had dead batteries. I'd end up with a toxic landfill before I can even get married.
Whether it's one year or twenty years from now, eventually we'll have a new battery technology with higher density, more cycles and at a lower cost (even just greatly improving 1 or 2 of them would be great). Lithium ion/lithium polymer surely isn't as good as possible.
Those of us who are over 35 (ish) already have. Nobody was using Li-ion batteries when I was a kid, and all of the electronic devices that define the modern world simply wouldn't be practical using the battery technology of that era.
Ok, Malcolm in the Middle with a mustache, this better be something significant.
You would be surprised at how many things technologically are being held back simply because of greed and money. This goes for almost all industries!
@myself6296 Shouldn’t have sold it, just kept it hidden, but I don’t blame him. Most do get offed if they come out too the public with it. That’s why you don’t tell anyone if you do infact figure something out. Or build a small group or order that is only aware of such technology. That’s how others have seemed too hide there’s.
There's an even simpler reason - people settle into what appears to work and are resistant to betting on something new and better.
@myself6296
I would have been just as concerned as he was about the same thing.
That sucks.
TRUTH.
That makes no sense, do you not understand how much richer you'd get if you'd release a new battery type that was more efficient?
There are plenty of real conspiracies that get shadowed by ding dongs like you going around spreading dumb shit taking away from reality...
Hi, am a retired electrical engineer that worked for many years as a consultant for electricity distributers. You are so spot on regarding "community" electricity generation and storage. Not only will there be less pressure on the grid transmission system (with its visually disruptive pylons all over the countryside, including areas of natural beauty), but they will also be less dependent on monopolistic utilities, replaced with local accountability. And yes, the local green energy revolution is so so dependent on battery technology that is affordable, energy dense, reliable and environmentally friendly. If this happens, earth will certainly be a better place.
And it would be impossible for an enemy to cut power to great swaths of territories
Local stationary energy storage for sustainable energy systems doesn't require high energy density though, which is the expensive part and also the very dangerous part. For bulk stationary storage the only requirement is that it's very cheap per unit of storage and can operate at part-charge without damage. Unfortunately, lead-acids don't fit the bill because even though they're relatively cheap and very safe, they get damaged unless maintained at 100% charge.
Nickel-based chemistries are too expensive, lithium-ion is far too dangerous in large aircraft-hangar sized installations and tends to be very expensive as well. Perhaps LFP (lithium ferrophosphate) cells would be a good intermediate solution for local bulk storage but they are still far too expensive. Their cycle life and calendar life are outstanding, though.
For large cities like Toronto, Montreal, NYC, L.A. and the like, having huge local battery storage systems might be a really good idea to relieve power stations from conditions of peak demand. It's just that battery technology is too dangerous and much too expensive right now.
The highest possible energy density is only necessary for EVs, and is especially necessary for electric aircraft. The best current battery tech is much too dangerous and expensive, so even the best EVs are a very costly niche product and likely will remain so for many decades. They can get away with it for relatively small numbers of very expensive luxury & performance oriented vehicles, but EV still have no way to compete with internal combustion engines for low cost and high practicality & convenience. Long-range low-cost practical air travel entirely on green energy is a dream for the future--and an actual goal for the *distant* future.
@@devilsoffspring5519 I don't believe truly "cheap" energy will ever happen. It might be cheap to produce BUT it wont be cheap for the consumer, as with everything else.
@@starbyray7828 It has already happened. Off-peak electricity is roughly 10 cents a kWh, around 100 bucks a meg. Portable energy for vehicles (gasoline) is about twice that cost for the same amount of energy.
That's really, really cheap. We may think of it as expensive because it's so common and so cheap that we use it frivolously. What's not cheap is practical, sustainable energy. The normal sources like oil-derived fuels for mobile applications and hydro, nuclear and natural gas for stationary energy are extremely cheap.
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Well you produce part of it yourself or within a small community, which makes it difficult to force you to pay high prices.
Big corporations are what makes stuff expensive, because the force the price up, if you break their monopole, the prices will fall.
As a South African who experiences Loadshedding each day (rolling blackouts of up to 12.5 hrs a day), many of us who can afford it, have gone solar. Our home is now completely free from grid power. We have aircons, PCs, washing machines, dishwashers and all other home appliances running completely free every day. During rainy days we still generate enough solar energy to cover the base load of the house and trickle charge the batteries till, in most cases, even full. We went all out with our batteries. No expense saved there. And so far they have been paying off big time. Since the commissioning of our system our electricity usage quadrupled because we now had a near infinite supply. So much so that we literally have no load to spend 50% of the possible kWh's that we can generate from the sun. Currently we're looking at a way for homeowners in our security estate, with similar excess electricity to supply our excess back into our estate's grid so that other homes can use it. As crap as Loadshedding has been for us, it is also a blessing, since it forces us to cater for ourselves causing our corrupt government to lose the last little bit of power over us that they have.
Do you have a time Like once a month when you drain the batteries to 10% to make sure they stay good? Not sure what your batteries are made of but most batteries will go bad if you keep them charged all the time.
@@ebenezerspludge8369 The batteries manages themselves to keep them healthy. Every now and again they do get depleted. But never to 10%. My lower limit is 40%. The batteries themselves are rated for 6000 cycles at 100% depth of discharge or 15 years before it starts derating. With a 10 year warranty. It is LiFePO4 automotive grade batteries.
Your use case is most beneficial in a dysfunctional environment, such as South Africa, a failed state of Leftist ideals. In a functional, competent environment, individuals cannot economically compete with the services provided by dedicated companies.
Farm crypto with excess power
I wish I could go solar, I wish I could afford a house, but nonetheless I still wouldn't. Over here in Australia I am not sure if you can go solar without connecting to the grid, and if we connect back to the grid, they charge you for power you send back. Connecting to the grid ends up costing you just as much as paying.
As far back as I can remember the new game changer in battery technology is always 2 years away. I have been waiting for 30 years now.
Same with nuclear fusion, and thorium reactors.
Dont worry, a big company will patent this revolutionary battery, so it never will go into production.
😂😂😂 so true..
Compare batteries now to 30 years ago. Pretty sure it's been a gamechanger for a while now.
Just like fusion power. It will never happen either.
My brother put a solar roof on his house (22 panels) but had to sign a contract that stated that any excess power he generated would not be put back into the grid and sold back to the power company. The only way he was granted a permit to build was to sign that contract. The power company doesn't want to buy your electricity and, in some areas, can choose to deny residence access to solar energy if it means it will dip into their pockets. As long as lobbying exists, companies like that will continue to dictate policy.
Glad I live where I dont have to ask permission
That's wild. We send our excess back. With how frequent the threat of black outs are you'd think they'd welcome it.
Weird, where im at it's basically opposite of that, you have to agree to maintain a grid connection and add your excess back into the supply.
@@JackParsons2 Yeah, that's kind of what I traditionally thought too. I had no idea some regions had to deal with this. DTE Energy is where we live, and they call the shots for us. :/
You at least still have "free" electricity, you just don't get to profit off it. Lame, but it's better than getting gouged when relying on the grid.
New tech has to be allowed to exist even if it is a threat to existing profitable systems who don't want compitition.
Currently it's being forced to exist at gunpoint by my state government. The "big oil" companies are pushing these renewables and there is no competition because, well, the government is forcing it on us.
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NEW TECH? xD
This battery was at the drawing board since the 1960s and they had the same problems as we do now.
Directly quoted from the wiki.
Li-S batteries were invented in the 1960s, when Herbert and Ulam patented a primary battery employing lithium or lithium alloys as anodic material, sulfur as cathodic material and an electrolyte composed of aliphatic saturated amines.[12][13] A few years later the technology was improved by the introduction of organic solvents as PC, DMSO and DMF yielding a 2.35-2.5 V battery.[14] By the end of the 1980s a rechargeable Li-S battery was demonstrated employing ethers, in particular DOL, as the electrolyte solvent.[15][16]
In 2020 Manthiram identified the critical parameters needed for achieving commercial acceptance.[17][18] Specifically, Li-S batteries need to achieve a sulfur loading of >5 mg cm−2, a carbon content of
OK, I grant its right to exist.
Waiting...
They'll never let it
Conspiracies are so handy to mask unrealized dreams ... dreams that don't take into account real world physics ... so so handy
Bro where are my sulphur batteries?!?!
lol
This also works under the assumption that industries that stand to lose the most by this advancement go and sit on their hands and do nothing about this. Pretty sure as hard as they are working on the tech, they are probably thinking of adding a monthly subscription/licensing fee to these grid-independent devices.
@@orionbetelgeuse1937 If those people have been surviving without electricity for thousands of years up until this point why exactly is it so important to drastically change their lives? So much of our interference in the underdeveloped world has only made things horribly worse for them and us. We have millions of people in Africa now dependant on charity food supplies from the West, now they are supposed to get Western medical care, and you want to give them electricity so they can stay up later at night making more babies? We need to stop trying to "save" people that are obviously content in their ways and stop making it easier for them to breed excessively which just creates higher demands for more charity from us. Leave them alone, your aid is just another form of colonialism and it's not helping them.
I foresee laws preventing independent energy production for "safety" reasons. Governing bodies are not losing control of a major resource nor are the industries going to sit back and twiddle thumbs. Someone will make and sell the solar panels and as they do now, lease them. Someone will make and sell the batteries charging for a maintenance plan to service issues, someone will need to make the lines you use to carry power into your house. As always government will pick winners in that war, incentivise them well making laws preventing others. However the vast majority of individuals don't want to become producers,they just want to flip a switch and be done so mist will be happy to pay somebody to handle it all.
@@susanlippy1009 That wouldn't be surprising in some places, I recently found out that in Oregon the state doesn't trust it's citizens to pump their own gas into their cars lol. You have to pay a "specialist" to place the nozzle in your tank and push the button so you don't destroy your car or the gas station with your obvious incompetence. Hilarious
California’s electric utility cartels slowed the adoption of solar by 80% last year to boost their profits and take more money from their captive customers.
@@JackParsons2 full service gas stations used to be the norm. They pumped your gas, checked your oil and tire pressure as well as cleaned your windows. Pumping your own gas is a new thing🤣. People by and large do not want to know how things work or to actually have to work. They want to flip a switch and be done. Gas stations got tired of paying trained individuals to pump gas and provide service. Greed pushed those folks out of a job. Its not to prevent you from blowing up your car, that is fine with them as they will charge you to fix it. They don't want you breaking their pumps, stealing gas, putting skimmers on the pumps ECT. All of which are huge problems. To be fair folks drive off without taking the pump out of the tank all the time🤣. We are mostly a bunch of distracted monkeys mucking about. I'm amazed anyone lets us pump our own gas. While I think there are people capable of organizing community energy services and certainly folks capable of the mechanics of it all I doubt the majority of humanity could do so without criminal behaviors. Energy mafia's would pop up pretty quick in places and in others people without the ability to find their way out of a wet paper bag probably would indeed blow stuff up🤣. Chaos would probably ensue more than not. I lack faith in humanity overall just as much as I lack faith in the institutions we have built. I'm doubtful the average person would want independent energy apart from government. I mean right now you can purchase panels install them and produce your own power for your home as well as store such power in a battery yet most homes are still connected to the energy grid. Few people are willing to do the work to be self reliant. Most who get solar pay a company to come out install and provide maintenance for said system which ends up costing more than just being on grid. Government has incentivised these businesses with tax $. You get hitched into the grid and become a producer that is paid below market rates for what you produce ensuring you still owe. You now owe a solar company and the electric company. What never occurs us free electric for the populace.
I imagine it's like light bulbs... The first mass-produced bulbs could last years, there is one in a fire station that has been working non-stop for over 100 years.
The companies actually got together to place a limit on how long bulbs could last so they can make the most profit.
It's called planned obsolescence
Same with many things, such and domestic appliances
The same with LED lights too.
Something to consider is that, like LED bulbs, how hard you drive a incandescent bulb has a huge effect on it's lifespan. Unlike LED bulbs though, a incandescent lightbulb has the highest chance of failure when you turn it on (likely due to thermal shock on the filament) which means that if you run a incandescent light bulb 24/7 then it has a much lower chance of failure compared to one that is turned on and off constantly. If you run that bulb that is running 24/7 at a fraction of it's rated power then you also vastly increase it's lifespan. In other words, if you look at photos of that fire station bulb you will notice that it is extremely dim which means that it is running at a fraction of the power that a regular bulb would be running at and it has been running pretty much 24/7 in that low power state which avoids both conditions that lead to failure.
I have a halogen bulb in my hallway that's lasted over 30 years
You'd be surprised at how many different technologies are being held back by a lack of advancement in battery technology
Yes. I'm legally blind (not fully blind) and would love to have a bionic eye to improve my vision. But it would be a nightmare to have to "recharge my eyes" every 5 hours.
@@thecaricature Interesting idea, but it probably is extremely unsafe. I would get a steady dose of radiation all day, every day, straight to my head.
@@chunkyMunky329 The worst you'd have to deal with is heat radiation generated from the wireless power transfer and some kind of device strapped to your head. Considering how thin wireless charging elements are/ can be and the amount of power you'd have to transmit, you could probably get away with an ear piece of some sort.
But bar that, you'd be fine.
However, transmitting enough power to power say, a car? You're talking a lot of non-ionizing radiation similar to a cell tower, but wayyyy more intense
would be better if batteries were made obsolete ;)
@@jimmybrad156 Hell yeah, bring on magic and pixie dust!
So here i am. Where are all those batteries?
Hanging with the fusion guy. :p
Elon Musk is it you?
Same LOL
Here is one big issue, the higher the energy density, the more dangerous and the bigger the boom we get when (not if) something goes wrong. Really, the only difference between a battery and an explosive device is the ability to control the release rate of that energy
So much more wrong with this video, but this is a good start.
@@chickenman297 It wasn't a bad overview of the problems with batteries in general. Aram didn't not specific issues each type of battery as they weren't relevant to the video, batteries are probably at the limit of what we can do with them and new ones might come on to the market if they can solve some serious technical issues. Note his comment comparing them to fusion just being around the corner.
You too can learn to dance!
Take a 9 volt and drop it in your pocket with change.
Whoopie!
@@davidmacphee3549 A 9 volt? That can't break the resistance of the skin You need at LEAST 50V, and that is still on the very low. You can find some Ohm calculators to find out what you need to break through skin, which is roughly 10k to 100k ohm. Figuring out skin resistance to zap someone is actually a very good way of starting to understand Ohms law, everyone gets interested for some reason :)
EV batteries have just entered the chat.
Lightbulbs were originally designed to last a very long time, a lot of things were meant to last for a long time.
People realised that they'd make more money by giving them a shorter like span
One of the very few times there has actually been a secret conspiracy like some folks like to yell about. Funny how the tinfoil hat crowd does not seem to know about it...
Light bulbs, assuming you’re talking about the incandescent kind, like many things, involve a tradeoff. In this case it’s a tradeoff between lifespan and efficiency. The most efficient lightbulb is the one which burns the hottest, but that also has the shortest life. Conversely, you can make a bulb which will last many years but it will be terribly inefficient. Incandescent lightbulbs have long been designed for a medium lifespan/efficiency. It has nothing to do with making money.
@@ethanlamoureux5306 You're talking form a technical view of how it functions, I'm not. I'm talking how these types of products were originally meant to be used, then were changed (be that for efficiency or profit)
There's information out there about these things and their uses when first invented, how the products were changed largely because a company wouldn't make as much money.
@@ethanlamoureux5306 Nope, there already were designs with good lifespan/efficiency ratio, and then the different companies got together and agreed to lower the lifespan so they could sell more and also that anyone whose product was too good would have to pay fines.
@@Martyn_Wolf except the as you put it technical point of view makes it so that the thing you're talking about isn't nearly as cut and dry as you'd like to believe.
There were genuine technical reasons to limit lightbulb lifespan. Efficiency is one factor, another is light temperature and finally there is luminosity.
Back to efficiency and lifespan, if our light bulbs were less efficient, but longer lasting that would have put more strain on electric grids. I remember reading an analysis according to which it would have been more expensive for consumers to have longer lasting lightbulbs due to the increased electricity usage and costs thereof.
I love the idea of these new batteries that would last longer with more power than normal lithium ion batteries but my first thought was that the main manufacturers for batteries wouldn't want to make these readily available, companies like duracel would probably be opposed to new batteries and I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happened with the advancement of lightbulb technology, they got too advanced and the companies producing them weren't making enough money for it to be effective so they purposely made worse lightbulbs.
Planned obsolescence.
No. If someone developed a new leap in battery technology to hold us over until Lithium Air comes around? They would be disgustingly rich.
Remember it isn't just one company striving for it. It is literally countries. America, China, all of Western Europe are researching it for not just civilian, but military uses.
Solid State is coming out in 2024. I'm really hoping more break throughs on lithium air can. Therotically they have the best maximum potential, and can be made to draw air from the environment making them hold up to 12.7kw kg.
Anyway technology moves to rapidly for old companies to try to stagnant a technology so important to civilization. Governments would get involved.
The world of today isnt the same as 100 years ago where information traveled very slowly, if ever. It was a different time and opportunity to create artificial scarcity.
Besides, its not really the battery manufacturer that is concerned but the current energy providers and the politicians on their payroll. It's why Biden wont acknowledge Tesla corp, but praise Gm and Ford as leaders of electrification when they barely sold a few thousand cars. Meanwhile tesla had about a million on the roads already. It's also why UAE pivot to invest in entertainment/sports because they see the writings on the wall. For decades, battery development was undermined, since the oil crisis of the 70's basically, when people thought of changing the whole thing. It was even recognized by governments. The whole thing could have been much further, but at last, it's finally happening
@@dianapennepacker6854, that's like saying that cars that ran on batteries in 1890 weren't suppressed by car manufactures of the time (and for the century) while they were saying it was dangerous and ICE were the future of cars that run on batteries...
@@dianapennepacker6854 It is BECAUSE governments are involved. They need taxes income, which is difficult with cheap and long-lasting things.
The "Baghdad battery", isn't a battery. The parts that make it up weren't found together, and could have had completely different uses.
can we say Military-industrial complex
Your comment made me do a deep dive. After doing a deep dive...
It looks like any conclusions about those jars being batteries is speculation but speculation supported by evidence (just not strong evidence). There's nothing to indicate that they were definitely not used as batteries, however. Several of them were found, not just one.
SO let us go ahead and assume they were batteries since that's more fun and other hypotheses have less evidence to support them (such as "they were only used as storage for scrolls" because that is contradicted by the acid - you'd never put your scrolls in acid of any kind if you were trying to save them).
Explain then, how Electroplating gold was done in Ancient Egypt without the use of electricity?
@@germanmade1219 Dude its just 1 volt of energy in the best case, you can´t do that much with it, and even then, gold plating is practically non existent in bagdad (as far as I could find), you are probably thinking of ''Dendera lights'' that are from egypt, and even then that has its own set of issues
@@rogerlouie1no there are not several "batteries", there is one. Four jars were found. One of four jars found together had the components which could theoretically have been a battery (copper, iron and electrolyte). One had papyrus. The final two... iirc, just had copper in it with no acid or iron.
And to indicate that they were not used as batteries... well, that's simple. There is no record of anything which would use electricity.
Also, "since that's more fun" is a horrible reasoning. You might as well just come out and say "I am gonna believe this because I want to believe it.
You don't need an explanation for everything. There is *some* amount of evidence that one of them is a battery. There is *some* amount of evidence that it was for storing papyrus. (Other theories too ofc, but I'm not gonna list 500 different theories.) Neither is very compelling. So... instead of "this is fun, so let's say it is true!" just admit to the fact: We have no idea what it is.
That's all it is.
It is a weird jar found a few km south of Baghdad that we have no idea what it was used for.
*Unlimited Energy = A lot more heat output...* I watched Star Trek as a kid, and all the science shows but I never believed any of it would be tomorrow. Seen too many 'next big things' in my lifetime that came to nothing, but I also understand that some people desperately cling to the 'next big thing' becoming a reality, my only worry is what toll it will take on them mentally when they finally realise that most things fail...just wanting things to be true is not enough.
I am more worries about lithium fires. They are quite fiery, enough to make sitting on a tank of flammable liquid look safe by comparison.
There are ppl who kill those projects because they will no longer hold the money, power, and influence they have now.
Lithium batteries are considered a hazardous material to ship, meaning shipping containers must be labeled showing that lithium batteries are present so that first responders know how to safely approach and deal with them in case of accidents and emergencies.
I've been there myself and it's always hard to break it to people who are still awstruck at the prospects of that magical sci-fi future that's apparently just years away. Real scientific progress is very slow and incremental, and most the papers out there are total deadends. Especially if they sound cool. The researchers see what they want to see and exaggerate to garner attention and funding. Journalists don't understand the subject matter and then exaggerate the smallest 'maybes' into headlines for clickbait. If 10% of the things I read about had come true, IRL Star Trek wouldn't be far away.
@@balazsvarga1823 Yep, cobalt batteries are a risk, so are LFP. Regardless of the chemistry, it's also a matter of energy density, as the battery isn't the only risk it also includes the electronics and wiring with shorts and you still have a fire...
I appreciate you calling out the fact that ExxonMobil own the patent on Lithium-ion batteries. It would be nice to learn how that came to be.
a patent can be bought and buried, but only for 16 years. @@TimeLessTraveled
R&D with carbon tax money.
In 2012 the Korean presidents brother, who worked for ExxonMobil his entire life, took over the International Panel of Climate Change at the UN..
ExxonMobil is the world leader in green technologies
theres a crystal growing, layering, pressing, tech tool the universities & others have. Inputting as little as a watch battery amount of energy to it produces more then a semi battery worth of output. Light can be used to input a slight amount of energy to the crystal tech as well
Patents only last 20 years
@@adjacent-smithand in the news is the fact that ExxonMobil is rolling out lithium extraction from underground brines in the USA.
My grandfather was in the Cheshire Signals during the Malayan Incident, where he spent years in the jungle intercepting and deciphering coded radio messages, and he said that they were given batteries to keep electronics running for months on end in the jungle which have never seen the light of day on the consumer market, and that was 60 years ago.
Probably aluminum-air.
@@erincarson8998 Probably. They are expensive and non-rechargeable, but store an enormous amount of energy for their size and weight (Wiki says about 1,300 Wh/kg, around 6 or 7 times better than li-ion)
No idea about their safety or their discharge performance.
army radios are very different to a phone that is basically a mini pc, and don't require any where near as much power and are basically using no power while still being able to pick up signals
The GP never gets the good 💩
Probably lithium sulfur batteries...
50 years ago, my Father worked for the local electric company.
He took me to work one day and they were all exited to shom me a new battery that lasted 500 years. It was a small black pellet.
I have no idea of its compisition.
They even gave me a glass cube with one of the pellets inside.
Ive never seen them commercially anywhere, but imagine the change it would make in our lives.
But then Power companies wouldn't be able to sell you overpriced power.
No, no they didn't.
🧢
Stop making shit up brother.
Are you from the future? No, really giving you the benefit of the doubt. Do you know anything else about it?
Cobalt is mainly obtained as a secondary product from copper and nickel extraction. The sulfur batteries you mentioned exhibit a significant self-discharge rate. Regarding lithium, the issue isn't scarcity, but rather the challenge of extracting it rapidly enough to satisfy growing demand. Establishing a new lithium mine typically requires five years or more.
interesting stuff
And the cost of diesel fuel for one super excavator is 6.5 million that’s just fuel no maintenance at all. That’s why they use slave labor. Remember that there is an estimated 40.3 million slaves today. Yet nobody cares. Sad but true 🙏🇺🇸
If you are talking of extracting lithium from rock deposits, then you are right, it takes at least five years to get a new mine into production.
But high-lithium geothermal brines are being discovered in huge quantities in many countries (Salton Sea region in USA, Elsass in France, Cornwall in UK, etc), and those can be developed very quickly, as they involved no mining operation, just drilling + a lithium extraction plant, and have a minimal environmental footprint, so they can be developed within a densely populated region. The heat from the brines also allow the operation to generate its own energy, with a surplus! See:
- www.energy.gov/eere/articles/us-department-energy-analysis-confirms-californias-salton-sea-region-be-rich-domestic
- ua-cam.com/video/FbzL09SoHdo/v-deo.html
In the context of growing economic demand then scarcity is exactly the issue, right? Though I get what you mean with typical connotations of the word, and resource scarcity alone doesn't explain much as to why that is. With how quick tech and the world's demand moves, the mines can't keep up which leaves us with demand induced scarcity. Fast world we live in 😵💫
@@mildjellisc Catch 22 New technology also takes time to come to market By which time the supply demands May have caught up. It's amazing how much technology is developing So many different Innovations flying around Seems like a new one every day.
This is genuinely so cool to see! I use to watch you back when I was 7-8 years old. I am now 18 and randomly thought about your channel after seeing the number 42! I’m so happy you were able to grow your channel and pursue your dreams.
Smart kid
Crazy to think he's been going that long
He used to have a crazy mustache
I remember it lol gone but not forgotten
Why’d you stop watching then
Big power organisations don't want people to have cheap energy. Hence why new house in the UK are mandated to not have chimneys as to not be able to supply your own heating.
How the fuck did the UK manage to dominate and control 25% of the planet at one point? Every story i hear out of the UK nowadays is about the government oppressing the people and the people just shrugging their shoulders in response...where did the killer fighter Briton go?
Build your own unless you live in a kennel 😊
@@ReedoAcedoesn’t work that way. Also not an easy task that everyone can just do
I could say there are no chimneys because the Illuminati cabal don’t believe in Santa, but I’d be wrong.
Electricity prices through the roof in Australia and going to be worst year on year too… green is cheap hahaha 😂
I love how people who try to say that the Baghdad battery was just used for electroplating jewelry never bother to mention that electroplating wasn't invented until the mid-1800s.
says who? you know this how?
Are you an idiot?
Winners of wars write the history so all manipulated
It's a long list of things that have been "discovered" more than once throughout history. The United States was "discovered" at least 4 times. 1. Native Americans (descendants from asians). 2. Original South Americans 3. Vikings, 4. Europeans.
Chinese could fold steel in a way we still can't figure out.
Japanese used to build homes and buildings without any metal "screws"
I'd like to see an example of 1st dynasty Egyptian electroplated jewellery, then I might believe that the Baghdad battery was used for that purpose. Until then I will keep an open mind!
The same establishment that has implemented "planned obsolescence" is not going to be excited about actual efficiency.
While it is technically possible to run out of a mineral but when people talk about "running out," thats not what they mean. It's just that it becomes increasingly hard and energy intensive to get it. There's lots of lithium on this planet, it's just very hard and energy intensive to separate from other minerals.
My grandfather and his good friend attempted to get a specific battery technology they created patented and sold but ran into a hell of a time. All labs and scholastic resources refused to publish anything on their results due to fears of being surprised. It’s insane, they no longer are trying after 20 years of putting up the good fight.
If they have truly given up I hope they find a way to get the knowledge out to people. It's better that the more efficient tech is known even if they can't make money from it
They should not give up. Especially not for cowards who are afraid of looking stupid.
Screw patents. Just put it out. Patents only work for trolls and corporations who can afford to sue large companies... If you can't.. Then patents are pointless. Just gives everyone who's rich clear instructions on how to undercut you.
Yeah. I imagine some rich guys going: NO, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE MONEY WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY! SHUT IT DOWN.
Dude. Please.
you gotta make them dude!
Fantastic video.
Great information.
My older brother just passed away this year
He used to build his own solar panels.
He would have LOVED this !!!
Sorry for your loss
@@jimthvac100 Thank You.
Yeah, I'm gonna just count on my backyard's 69 tons of parallelly connected Potato battery pack project. I can see a revolution!
I would be very rich if I had a dollar each time someone said that “this new battery changes everything.” The problem is that you need a revolutionary battery design that can be manufactured at scale. Lots of battery breakthroughs recently but so far none have actually made sense or are even possible to mass manufacture. I’ll believe it when I see it. Update- Well now it looks like he edited the title of the video and the thumbnail after the fact so that’s cool.
Wow you would get a dollar almost on a daily basis. Leave some for the rest of us bro, what are you going to spend all that money on!?
@@tomasarana8450 Batteries, apparently...
I don’t think you would be.
Thank you 42. I subscribed to your channel way back when you used to always wear a suit and tie saying since this was your only job the least you could do was to look presentable for us. I've watched you change over those many, many months but, thankfully, the one thing that never changed was your hard work creating quality, well researched, thought provoking videos about important issues, ideas, and other happenings in our world we need to know about. Your uploads are always looked forward to, by me, and many others, and you never let us down. I am glad you shaved that mustache though. It really wasn't you. 🤣
"Well researched" the Baghdad battery is pure psudoscience. In fact it wanst even a battery in the furst place, and furthermore there is ZERO evidence it could have been used for electroplating as implied in the video.
Here is my solution to the short life span of sulfur batteries. Design the Sulfur Cathode portion to be easily replaceable. Instead of swapping out the whole battery, swap out only the Sulfur Cathode portion.
Inorder to easily swap it out, ideally want the whole system to be dry. So why not have the Sulfur battery also have a Solid State Electrolyte?
Consumers would love this, because they have lighter weight heavy energy density battery. Companies would love this because they have a steady income from sales of Sulfur Cathodes.
I am surprised no one has thought of this solution.
They haven't thought of it because there's probably a hundred reasons why that's a bad idea. Electrons need to flow freely from the anode to the cathode, and I doubt they could do that if it was detachable
@@trotz75 Sounds like work/reseach needs to be done on contact surface science.
The question for me isnt only range but also how long it takes to recharge. When i can recharge a car battery in the same time that it takes to fuel up my truck now, then ill consider it.
If your charging over night it shouldn’t be a problem , when was the last time you drove a whole tank worth in a single day. I can’t remember ever doing that in the last 10 years atleast.
@@slowmomma7222 Someone's never driven between cities before...FYI, I've driven on city to city trips of ~800km here in Canada that require at least 2 gas tank refills on my Highlander Hybrid (range is usually around 600 - 700km per tank of fuel).
@@slowmomma7222 I do 50k km (32k miles) every year. More than 1 tank trips are norm.
I always thought the best solution to this would be like how service station do gas bottles. Bring your empty one in, grab a full one and away you go
@@MrElectrifyer yea I'm from Australia, its bit different here.
Meanwhile I’m watching this while my battery percentage is at 4%
Piss in your phone.
Using it wisely I'd watch thoyhty2 also
Put that shite on charge or u may miss something
Mine is at 69%
67%
Copper, when introduced to grape juice, can pause fermentation. I think the Baghdad battery had absolutely nothing to do with a battery and everything to do with wine preservation. That’s not very exciting though.
it was sealed with ashphalt.... it wasnt for wine preservation. nor batteries
@@codyringer1857 , What difference does it being sealed with asphalt make? What was its purpose if not wine or battery?
@shawnglass108 to Keep documents secret or protected. They've found similar jars with papyrus scrolls in the core. The asphalt matters. Especially for a battery. Seeing as that using vinegar or wine or juice would only last for a relatively short period of time. You'd have to open it regularly and switch out the liquid. Not very easy to do if you're trying to break an asphalt seal.... see if you read the ACTUAL studies about it You'd know this too! Education is the cure for stupidity!
There are several good videos on the topic by actual archeologists. It almost certainly wasn't a battery. Probably a ritual / symbolic thing containing a dedication, prayer, incantation or something like that.
A few of these jars were found, but only one "looks like" it could have been a battery... and only looks like that if you squint just right.
@@travcollier Archaeology the science that isn't a science because so much of it depends on guesswork. Archaeology - making grave robbing respectable. Archaeology - a branch of History, and we all know history is written by the victors.
where the hell is this new battery technology?
Det var det jeg skulle spørre om 😂
A lot of energy companies bought the copyright to lots of inventions to stop them coming to market. This is why there has been such a strangle hold when it comes to petrol etc
Keep up the good work. Always interesting.
*Citation needed...
You must bring it to market or you lose your patent, do some studying please.
@@hcox1111 They prefer to believe in fantasy so they can invent silly tales of heros and villains instead of admitting that the reality of our existence is far more mundane. Nobody is hiding some secret alien technology from the world, we're all just doing the best we can with what's available and that is all that we will ever do.
@@hcox1111 there's always a loophole,,,,this being that u can always say u doing some improvements before releasing it and never actually release it 😢
I don't think it is that easy to keep the patent pending.@@ianmwangi2105
The Baghdad battery isn't really a battery, but rather it had a ritual role. This is actually quite an interesting topic that deserves a video of its own. The one definitive video about it that I found is from an archeologist specialized in Near East. The channel's name is Artifactually Speaking and funnily enough it is actually a reaction video.
Yep. It MAY have been a battery, but it was not understood to be one, and was not used as one. It lacks a hole for a wire. The tube was not long enough, so there's no spot to connect anything to complete a circuit. The stopper was in the way. It was just storage. If it was actually used for electroplating, we would have electroplated artifacts, and the devices that made them, but we don't.
Yup
No one knows what they were it's all speculation. Every time an archeologist or historian doesn't know what something was they always say it was religious or ceremonial, if I had dollar for every time I've heard one say that...
@@dickJohnsonpeterthank you. It's so annoying to hear AB archeologist proclaim what something was or wasn't and what it was and wasn't used for thousands of years ago. I have no issue with them giving an educated guess, but I have an issue with someone taking it wasn't a battery. How do they know? They don't. They can infer but they can't know for sure.
I also saw people saying that while it's technically a battery, they didn't use it as such. Oh really? I didn't realize humans could live to be thousands of years old to know what people did or didn't know. You could maybe prove that ancients did know something but how do you prove they didn't know something? You can't.
@@dickJohnsonpeter Occam's Razor, buddy. We have plenty of evidence for the likes of religious or cultural use of objects. On the other hand take away this so-called battery and there's NO evidence for batteries in Mesopotamia or anywhere else... it's up to people making the claim to prove it.
Try and think critically. Why isn't there other batteries found at this or any other sites? Where are the lightbulbs or electroplated materials? Would not such an advancement have been adopted all through the ancient world?
Wonderful video, as always so informative and well put together. I’m so delighted to see more and articles and influencers covering this issue lately!
As an RC hobbyist I am most excited for Solid State batteries. Li-Po was a huge game changer over Ni-Mh and solid state could be just as game changing. Not in terms of power but just making the batteries safer not having to worry about Dendrites or puffing/swelling
For the RC hobby li-ion (including polymer cells, same thing) cells are fine. You're probably not going to fly a 200 km/h model aircraft continuously for hours and hours. Passenger planes have different requirements :)
@@devilsoffspring5519 I totally get it. I just don’t run RC planes, I primarily run RC cars and trucks of all types from bash rigs to speed run rigs to rock crawlers. I feel like it would be most beneficial for bashers, they take a lot of abuse and one little compromise of a cell from a tiny rock finding it’s way wedged under the lipo and your RC car just went up in flames. I’ve seen it before cause I mostly bash and launch my bashers 50-80ft in the air off of jumps, so more durable batteries would be nice.
Also, he said they’ve been able to run hundreds of cycles out of solid state lithium batteries. I’m lucky to get 50 runs before the lipo start to puff and swell, sometimes less. Then completely fail around 70-80 cycles, sometimes less. My castle link on xlx2 1/5 scale RC car says it’s pulling up to 500+ amp bursts tho in the data logs, that’s a lot of draw on a battery
@@stevensaid2200 It isn't so much a shortcoming of battery technology as running excessively high current to get the performance you want out of a given size pack. As an analogy, it's been possible for decades to get 1,000+ HP per liter of displacement from a gasoline engine--over 16 HP per cubic inch. Just don't expect it to last 250,000 miles.
@@devilsoffspring5519 haha that’s so true! I won’t know how they perform until they are ready for consumption but I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t live up to my hopes and dreams lol I do realize that these cars aren’t meant to be jumped/dropped from heights of more than like 6ft, I’m a part of an extreme minority within the RC hobby . Bash it break it fix it repeat is my mantra for the last 6 years haha
@@stevensaid2200 Hehehe yeah, I used to fly RC and I quickly learned to buy the cheapest packs that got the job done. No point in a super-expensive flight battery that lasts 200-300 cycles when it gets splattered all over the countryside on the 6th or 7th flight :)
The problem with Lithium batteries is not just their energy density, it is also their tendency to catch fire (catastrophically), the use of rare elements in their construction, and their relative slowness to recharge (compared to filling a tank with gas). This doesn’t begin to address the issues with the capability of the grid to deal with charging large numbers of EVs, or their need to be replaced periodically (at great cost). There are so many factors that limit the acceptance of EVs, but it seems that everyone is only focused on this one aspect, when any one of the other problems could halt their acceptance. Lastly, they should NOT be made mandatory (as some municipalities are trying to do by 2035), as we live in a “free” society, and should be allowed to accept a technology (or reject it) depending on our personal needs and desires. Too often it seems that governments see EVs as a way to consolidate their power over the people.
I've been watching the slow development of battery technology for a long time. While we excitedly anticipate the next revolutionary development, we are treated instead with the plodding pace of evolutionary development. We're going to see this wild and amazing new technologies, but they need the time to properly percolate. This was a great episode and you did a very nice job of breaking down and explaining the various elements involved.
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Chemistry is fun. So today my wife told me she poured some vinegar down the sink hoping to loosen up some of the problem we are having. She also mentioned that she poured draino down the sink previously. A day previously. I missed the mention of that time gap at first. So I asked her, "Do you know what happens when you mix Draino and Vinegar?" "No", she said. I came back quickly with, "Neither do I." So she looked it up. Never mix those two things, especialy in a drain unless you would like a Draino Volcano coming back at you.
Draino is Lye, a very strong base.
I believe they are trying to pass a bill in California to make it so you can't use or store the energy produced by you solar. You first have to sell the energy to the power company and then buy it back at an increased cost.
Sounds like something California would do
California is the worst state in America. I'm probably in the 2nd or 3rd worst, Illinois.
That sounds absolutely idiotic. What's the point in having your own solar then?
You buy solar panels, you plug them into whatever dwelling or device you chose… I don’t have to sell anyone anything.
@@yasashii89 exactly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Lazer batteries made with the tears of alien hampsters." Yeah he said the quiet part out loud. 😂
I have been waiting about 8 years now since I first heard about them hoping for solid state battery technology to get to a point where it gets into the consumer market. They will be such a game changer.
Probably not going to happen. Do you think big tech that makes billions a year on crappy battery tech is going to give that up? Huge energy suppliers would go out of business.
they probbaly got batteies that charge themselves in the elites vaults.
I am hoping for a breakthrough in solidstate magnesium batteries. Problem is finding proper andode/cathode pairs. It would be both hella cheap and powerful.
Lead rolled gold and graphite
People… stop using fake words like “hella”.
@@The.bo.you.never.no. Prolly the least offensive or cringe modern word contraction.
*Prolly* is another word you should stop using @@MyrKnof
And they will never let it see light. Profit is exponentially more important than effectiveness. Ruin the Earth? Shrug. entirely unsustainable? Whatever. Expensive as hell? Much better. 😊❤
“General Shittery”! 😂 that’s going to get a lot more use in conversation. You produce some exceptional videos. The graphics, research and delivery of complex (impenetrable) subjects are all top level. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
A decentralized energy grid sounds great economically, but remember that there are engineering challenges to getting the phases/voltages to function seamlessly together as most current power grids have spinning generators which aren't capable of adapting to a network with multiple changing inputs and outputs of power.
That is a very good summary of the current state the art in battery technology. Some minor comments: EV companies are increasingly using LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries that do not require cobalt or nickel. Sodium ion batteries are very promising for cheap grid storage but they are too heavy to be practical in EVs. Overall, I enjoyed this episode.
Na Ion Batteries will be the most prevalent for sure. However, watch out for Aluminum Ion Batteries also 🧐🤔
I've watched this guy grow up on the tube. Like learning to play the piano, he has worked hard to learn the craft. Deserves every view. His videos are very well done.
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The Greatest story teller of all time, this guy is amazing, I love your videos man❤
Story teller ... Indeed . The man is clueless and mostly peddling a LIE .
I tried to present data of actual uses and situations we encounter in farming over the POLITICS of this lie ... YT or him blocked most of my replies . I quit ... Believe the lies .
Sorry , I am not angry at you :( ... I am angry at politics . Later Mate
Iron nickel "Edison batteried" built over 100 years ago still working today. They stopped manufacturing them. We need to go back and redesign them for higher amperage in a smaller package
Glad you did this video, it's surprising that it's not talked about as much as it should be. Battery technology and designs need to, and are going to make drastic changes shortly.
I work in the battery industry. Solid State has many problems as well. And Quantumscape is a SCAP Scam investment.
i hear of new wonder batteries every month. we should have pocket reactors by now.
I've been waiting decades for my flying car...
We kind of do, RTG's are really small, the issue isn't in the technology, but rather the danger involved. Do you want to trust random humans with a pocket battery that could irradiate and potentially depopulate a few city blocks?
@@HicSvntDracones yea it would be dangerous , some would sell it for drugs or get swindled out of it also haha
No you don't.
Never thought I would ever hear him talking about batteries with this much passion
Well,, he talks with passion about those sleep masks so I guess he can talk passionately about anything. 😂
15:37 I feel I should point out that with regards to solar power: seasons exist, clouds exist, and not every location is optimal or even viable for solar power energy at a scale that could support a small community like a remote village (let alone a larger town or city). Solar would need to not only become more efficient, but somehow become able to produce during a rainy or snowy season, and to have a lifespan which continues to produce for a reasonably cost effective amount of time before needing replacement to achieve the same output. There are hard walls of nature at times, and no amount of wishful thinking will make power from solar panel arrays viable for every spot that people live on this planet.
Greed will never allow these concepts to come to complete fruition, unless and until it becomes an absolute necessity-even then, I fear the greedy will just find another way! 😪
I've been hearing about new miracle batteries for decades now.
A while back I read an article about a company developing a soft, flexible battery made from wood pulp. Haven't heard anything since. Wonder if they're still around...
I DESIGNED A ELECTROMAGNET GENERATOR THAT RAN THROUGH CIRCUIT BOARDS YEARS AGO. IM POOR, AND THEY'LL NEVER LET US BE FREE... MAKE YOUR OWN AND KEEP QUIET.
I was just talking about what the next revolution in battery technology could be yesterday! Thanksies for this video! :o
Thank you for this video on batteries! Too few people talk about how bad they are to mine minerals for and later dispose of.
WHAT ??? THATS ALL U EVER HEAR !!!
I just seen a review of a scientific paper the other day in regards to the discovery of elements in deep space holding the atomic weight of 260... there is now a pretty substantial gap in regards to known elements 😊
I hope that's true cuz that would mean there's so much more to discover!
Do you mean Nobelium and Lawrencium? (102 and 103?) which I think had weights of 259 and 262. They didn't recently discover them, we have known about them and we have made them before back in the 60s, just not in high quantities. In fact, we made Oganesson (118) with an atomic mass of 294 in 2002.. One issue is that high-mass elements are HIGHLY radioactive and have insanely short half-lives the higher the mass goes, measured in minutes and even seconds. Nobelium is 58 minutes, and Oganesson is 0.58 milliseconds.. we would have to use them instantly as they literally start falling apart. The paper you are talking about was neat, see, normally, these high-mass elements aren't seen anywhere in nature, not even in atomic detonations, but the paper shows a good possibility that they are made in some stars. It is a great discovery when it comes to astrophysics, especially understanding the life cycles of stars, but unfortunately, they aren't useful to normal consumers.
I want to just point out that A LOT of misinformation is and has been going around about new "elements", especially in the whole "I want to believe" community, thinking that different solar systems have completely new and different elements that would solve our energy issues or that allow aliens to seemingly violate the laws of physics, which is impossible to do.... unfortunately, new elements like that don't exist, we can predict out ever possible element and its properties, the galaxy or star system doesn't change that. We aren't going to find a new replacement for lithium in Andromeda, nor is element 115 going to let us create antigravity and warp drive.. that doesn't mean we can't, we just have to find different ways of doing it, which means we need MORE scientists, engineers, and etc, but this misinfo does the opposite and dissuades people from trusting the scientific community, which just delays these awesome new technologies that we WILL have someday. I am just sort of trying to clarify that point. However, as I said, it is a very cool paper, but it is cool for other reasons, and people should absolutely read it, you can find it on the NCSU site.
As a “hippie” with an EV, PV panels and a thermodynamic water heating system, I thoroughly enjoyed this video 🥰 Thanks 🙏😊
"Energy is always Free" and the ones in control of power knows it very well! Their work is to block us from this very idea no matter what and our work is to always keep fighting for this idea to come alive someday or the other.
Hear! Hear!
I bet you read that in a fiction book didn't you?
@@randysalsman6992 Validate your betting skill by specifically naming the "fictional" book 😊
Yea... the corporations won't pet us have electricity coca cola or Facebook.
Damm
No. Energy is not free. Never. What would make you think that, *even if it did not cost anything to distribute the energy* -- wires, maintenance, insurance, etc -- the generation itself had no cost?
Sorry. This time I can say that physics says you're wrong.
Video starts at 4:00
Was seriously thinking of investing in that company that's doing lithium sulfur batteries, then he said they were in California.
Ain't no way you started a science video with the Baghdad battery
That's what I was thinking
Agreed
Believe it or not, it holds the Guiness World Record for the oldest battery. I do agree that it has a lot of controversy around it though
@@thetimesofmemes13 Yes, I'm sorry to say that the controversy is that's not true. It's not a battery. This has been dispelled for years. Guinness isn't an government sanctioned organization with strict rules and oversight. As a matter of fact, their publicly known for allowing people and companies to buy world records for just about anything as a publicity stunt. They don't even hide it. They essentially tell you that on their website's front page.
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Yeah, all a bit Ancient Aliens...
Tom cruise is going to have to take cameron diaz and the battery around the world to keep it from falling into the wrong hands, knight and day style.
Wow! I didn't know that batteries could be so interesting! Well done Arran!
Double the battery double the thoughty2 videos = thoughty2 need to make more videos or release his book😂
Okay, I googled lithium sulfur batteries and Lyten. They are opening a new factory in Nevada. So, they are still around. But there are still electrical cars that catch fire because of their batteries, in the US, not just China. Happened last month in our neighborhood. Everybody was watching the fire department struggle to contain it. Much less put it out.
The problem is, the battery industry has a 200 year track record of fanatic promises the they never deliver on. For 200 years they have been just 10 years away from the Uber battery.
it's just like cancer cure and hair loss cure. it's all money thing
There are only so many elements for the cathode and anode, there may not be a holy grail. I would think we would have found it by now.
The mechanical battery is best, for the environment and cost. But they don't use it.
IF you ask the average person where their electricity comes from, they'll tell you "from the wall." The idea that people will all take control of their own power would seem a long way off.
It's already happening. It will never be universal (nor could it be), but there is a definite trend in individuals becoming autonomous in electricity, as well as small community projects.
It doesn't matter if most people are ignorant of how it works. It wouldn't require educating each person or household. It would only require 1 or 2 standard-setters in each community, demonstrating good results and especially financial savings, and that would get most of the others interested in getting in on it. They don't need to know or even care how it works. They just need to have the open-mindedness and financial willingness to give it a shot.
The new iPhone16 Pro. It will not only blow your mind, but also your house away 😅
It will first explode your bank account though...
I'm going to tell that to my iPhone snobbish coworker'ss. I work in the space program. Most will laugh, but others, very few, will exclaim vile blasphemy, pronounce a vile curse on me., and then laugh because they find it funny also. Same goes for Andoid users.
My manager is a huge Apple fanatic. One day, one of my Apple devotee friends ran to bossman and wailed how I was mocking the Mac. I was immediately called to be dressed down. Bossman said to me "Duce, you know your coworker is a huge snowflake. Please dont taunt him...unless I'm there."The whole office busted out laughing, even the "snowflake." I'm 70 and the "snowflake is also a boomer, about six years younger. I really dont want to retire I live my job, the people I work with, and especially the bossman. Worked with him for over 35 years
@@Urroner yeah things that never happened for 200 Alex
❤ I love your shows. Incredibly educational and so easy to follow. Very entertaining and worthy. I think the accent helps too. LOL
Rock Onward 🎉
Man I ve been watching your videos for maybe a decade now. You always bring nice content and you make it better and better! Happy to see your channel grow. Merry Christmas!
85% filler 15% question answered structured videos for this many years and you still watch it?
@@warmage247I watch them mainly for the entertainment and not really the answer to the question. Just how he goes so in depth of the whole situation, refers other solutions, then explains the solution the video is off of. Idk, I just think they’re fun to watch and entertaining
With you mentioning Goodenough, I was convinced you'd mention his Glass battery tech in development. From what little I had read about it it supposedly gets more efficient with more charges. (Usually batteries degrade over time)
Excellent video! Thank you for putting these scientific breakthroughs into layman's terms, so we can easily understand them. Keep up the good work.
In 2017 I bought a kindle fire its been used regularly for reading books. In 2019 it died and would no longer hold a charge. Until I started charging it from a DC power source. Now I can occasionally charge it on a trickle charge from an AC power outlet but mostly using DC. It takes a full charge and will hold that on standby for around 15 days. I still use it regularly and its still going very well considering its now 7 years old. I do note that the old trickle battery chargers are no longer available and everything these days is fast charge-- which destroys the battery after just a couple of years..............
Very informative and I found your realistic opinions on timelines refreshing in a world full of over promise and under deliver.
We appreciate your insights. Keep lighting us up with your sense of knowledge and wisdom.
We (Australia) produce a lot of these rare-earths - the current gov is looking into both scaling up our mining and improving how we approach it to reduce environmental impact (Lithium in particular is quite nasty)
Hoping to get to look at it for my engineering thesis if all goes to plan (either that or how we refine aluminium which is pretty energy intensive currently)
we’re also pretty anti-child labour, which you’d think I wouldn’t need to state; but compared to a lot of other nations it’s an important detail
Are you talking about nuclear batteries or why do you bring up "rare earths"?
Normal batteries have zero to do with rare earth materials.
Australia has one of the biggest reserves of lithium in the world.Lithium has quite a bit to do with lithium batteries.
@@gavinjames8749 Lithium isn't rare and is not part of the rare earths either.
@@Tschacki_Quacki Yes.Perhaps you could tell some-one who stated otherwise,be more useful.
I remember hearing something about getting patens in the US that if you create something more than 20% efficient the US government will seize the product under some act that is meant to keep national security and economy safe. Basically if Solar was extremely efficient it would put electric plants out of business and they are owned by companies that are considered "too big to fail" plus the owners or oil companies would lose money with better EV cars and they donate waaayyyy too much to our government to allow that to happen.
It’s 2024 and they aren’t here yet
Graham Hancock would absolutely love this video… nonsense ideas about ancient artifacts and history completely disproved by actual archaeology.
He’s an author ffs not an archaeologist who mostly disagree with him 🤦♂️
This guy has some good content!
Suddenly your mustache became the logo of Manta Sleep 😅. A fan observation ❤
The so-called “Baghdad battery” is believed to be from the Sassanian Era, roughly 224 - 651 AD. The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar with a stopper made of asphalt. Sticking through the asphalt is an iron rod surrounded by a copper cylinder.
The so-called “Baghdad battery” is not really a battery at all. We know this because it bears a very close resemblance to objects with an identifiable purpose found by a team of archaeologists from the University of Michigan in 1930 at the site of Seleukia, not far from Baghdad.
The objects found at Seleukia look almost just like the so-called “Baghdad battery,” but we know they were, in fact, used to hold papyrus scrolls because they all contained remnants of papyrus scrolls when they were excavated. The scroll-holders from Seleukia consist of a metal rod that the scroll could be wrapped around and a tube inside a ceramic pot that the scroll to be slid inside for protection.
Most likely, the so-called “Baghdad battery” is just a scroll container. The scroll was meant to be wrapped around the iron rod, slid inside the copper tube, and then slipped inside the ceramic container, which could then be sealed to protect the scroll inside. The acidic residue on the inside of the container most likely comes from the papyrus or parchment of the scroll that the pot once contained, since papyrus and parchment are both slightly acidic.
Eventually, the scroll decomposed, leaving the acidic residue behind.
Really? How come the clay pot said Duracell on it??
Am I the only one who gets a kick out of the F-bombz?
The way they drop are usually unexpected and funny af.
Thanks Thoughty2 for always delivering great content.
No...seem crass, like he can't think of a better word.
Nope! It's hilarious 😂
You forget people’s nature. Even if we get a miracle battery technology that will liberate communities from the grid, you will have people and companies who will still do everything they can to make a profit off of those communities. People are not inherently selfless.
We aren't being held back by anything but greed. If batteries become so good, companies couldn't make as much money. It's why healthcare companies treat patients and not cure them. You can't have a business without repeat customers.
I think you should have also included the new trend of lithium battery recycling which has been a big thing recently. Also, I feel companies purposely want to keep using lithium ion batteries because they have a limited lifespan and they make money from battery replacements or new phone sales.
Except it isn't happening. Lots of companies say they do it, but it is not a feasible technology. What they are doing: they take the batteries and then perform a "swap", whereby they purchase lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide at a discount (because of government subsidy), and then sell that lithium product back at market price. This is NOT "recycling".
The actual, true recycling of lithium batteries is decades away if ever, because the technology to recover the lithium in an economic manner simply does not, and maybe cannot (due to the total energy loss, chemistry change, or degradation) exist.
The phone industry scam especially, yes.
@@nadavegan No recycling process recovers 100% of the original product. Batteries are being recycled at exceptionally high rate. Lithium is a very small part of a battery.
The reason why this industry is experiencing a trend is because with EV and storage batteries, the companies will have big amounts of the exact same and known batteries. This eliminate many problems that today's battery recycling still has which will make the whole thing a lot more profitable in the future.
"Super fucking max" 😂 I laughed so hard I fell off my chair 😂
No you didn’t
Batteries, just like Lightbulbs, Tires, Seeds, Cell Phones, etc. are highest on the list of Planned Obsolescence Domination by power hungry corporations and governments. Numerous independent engineers & inventors have successfully broken through over the years - only to be squashed by the Big Biz Boys...and sadly, will continue. Thank you 42 for all of your thought-provoking and amazingly fascinating content!! 👏
10000000%% spot on !!!!
Greed and corruption across the board
Could you name some of those broken through engineers?
I’d love to hear more about these engineers and inventors!!
@@iiiiii19that's the point, you aren't allowed to know about them.
Usually it's controlled in the following methods:
1.they buy off the competitor(the new threat to their profits)
2.adjust the regulations in order to make it severely harder to publicize their inventions
3.create drama and false narratives about new technologies to make the public not trust it
4. Dig up the past of the individuals in order to force them to stop or to start a legal battle hassle for the individual until they are financially bankrupt.
5.lastly is ending if the ones above don't work.
Unless you have really really good connections that can back you up financially, you'll have a really difficult time releasing anything that could harm the profits of the monopolized industries
extrudable polymeric batteries are a good example, bought from Leeds university by an American company which then dropped off the radar, you don't need high density batteries for cars etc if you can make most of the car body a battery.
So here I am a year or more later, wondering where those battery technologies are. I know there are hurdles but it seems like the biggest hurdle is the actual desire to find the answer to the problem.
The notion that the Baghdad “battery” was an actual battery has been debunked. Look it up. It’s highly unlikely infact.
Wanted to say something Along the lines of that, too but He just used it to say that the principle was already there without claiming that it powered anything so I think He gets some kind of pass.
@@tosten666 No. Not only it didn't power anything, it was not even an energy storage device at all.
@@billysgeo well define "store" - it is most probable that people just buried wishes and curses in it but might also have had some little Charge in it, even if that was by accident, that tickled when you touched it. So in any case not what you'd expect with the Word "battery" but technically he said it would Not have had any signifikant power so I still think he ist right on the line.
Would be way easier to discuss if any of the Originals would be available to inspect anywhere.
The fact that advanced battery tech could allow the individual or small collectives to give large corporate-controlled or government-controlled grids the finger is exactly the reason they will fight tooth, claw, and nail to keep it off the private market or too expensive for the average consumer. Graphene / Carbon-60 batteries were the magic tech being talked about in the late 1980's (I remember going on about them to my coworkers in 1990), and yet, here we sit, without laptops that will run for a month on a single charge, and with many governments literally making it ILLEGAL to live off the grid. I have no doubt we can solve the tech problem with our incredible ingenuity. But to solve the problem of being ALLOWED to use that tech freely, we may have to use our fists instead. Which is a shame.
Nah, we won’t need to use our “fists” unless you mean a capitalist market rocket punch to the face of their profits!!!
that is our crooked gov.
The issue with these has and will continue to be manufacturing. It isn’t government control.
Surprising that anyone in 2023 still thinks that large industry and government are two different things. @@UA-cam2021FM
Thanks thoughty 2, once the power companies are not making mega bucks they will most likely buy the patents and bury them. Love your channel tis "simply the best"🇮🇪
You do know patents don't last forever, right?
And they are also public domain?
And they don't always cross borders
IF someone actually made a breakthrough like this they would make a fortune, it would be stupid not to manufacture it
and if not the battery companies would be throwing money at them for the rights to manufacture it
and let's say big battery (there is no big battery there is an immense amount of competition in this area) did want to bury this super cheep and easy to manufacture miracle battery so they can keep making profits
do you really think mr. cheung of Guangdong province gives two F's about that patent in America? NO, hes gonna rip that thing and start pumping them out for domestic sale, and then the company in America has no choice but to start producing them too.
what if they dont patent it? what if they came up with this in there super secret underground lab and then proceeded to do NOTHING with the R&D
it would still get out, because they created a multibillion dollar idea and put 0 protections on it
someone there is going to see how it works, quit, and then sell it to another company or do a bit of corporate espionage and sell that info under the table.
John B. Goodenough sounds like a background character for a book that someone gave up creating halfway through.