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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7938001.stm

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7938001.stm
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Quick discharge just refers to how much juice it can deliver at a given time not how long they last. Current technology can't deliver as much of it's energy as fast as the chemical reaction is too slow.'dcpmark' said:I might be mistaken, but if I recall a different article on this discovery, the discharge is just as quick, meaning it can't be used for consumer electronics. In fact, this article (and the other I read) mentioned using these batteries in hybrid cars.
And the infrastructure when the automobile was new couldn't supply gas very well either.'Phawx' said:The infrastructure of the US wouldn't be able to handle everyone using these batteries.
Lol, I remember when a digital camera was described as "high drain"'DaveC' said:high drain things such as electric cars.
They said the COULD charge in 5 seconds not that they HAVE to.'Phawx' said:1Ah batteries that could completely charge in 5 seconds would tax current 110VAC 15 AMP breakers and might possibly trip.
The Pandora's battery is at 4Ah, also the majority of Laptop Batteries being 4Ah or 8Ah, would destroy current breakers in household. Also, car chargers that would want to drain this amount of power would possibly set fire to the car. Or you would have to put trickle charges onto these guys, but than..what's the point? Charging these batteries in five seconds is not reasonable with our infrastructure, Discharging at a very fast rate, however I can see. Portable rail guns (dismissing the need to bolt it down) and cars needing massive juice to sprint real fast to get into traffic I can see.
The logistics just aren't there. 250 Million Americans own cell phones. If 1% of them decided to jack in at the same time, that would be 1.8 billion amps over the span of 5 seconds on top of our already huge use of energy.
Lets say these cellphones needed 5v, that would be 45 Gigawatts needs over the span of 5 seconds. You would need 70 Square miles of solar panels that are 20% efficient to support 1% of American cell phones. That's only 1% and I am only talking about cell phones. Not other devices that use batteries. Controllers, GPS devices, notebooks, etc.
Than if you wanted to start delivering that to vehicles as well. It will be an incredible hurdle to upgrade our infrastructure while using it at the same time. I honestly don't think we have the resources for it. And I don't think Solar panels would cut it. We would need to create multiple monsters of nuclear power plants built deep underground to produce enough energy . Or blanket the entire US in solar panels. I guess we could get the cost down considerably if everyone were to get it installed. But they don't produce energy at night.
While true we really need to get away from gas where possible. Burning fossil fuel is just not good. Yes hybrids cut down, but as the population increases you will be back at square one in time. Cars will use less gas but there will be more cars, SNAFU.'mindlord' said:@Phawx
I think you're missing an obvious advantage. A small Internal Combustion engine could be used to top-off your car while you drive, and deliver extra power for hauling or going up steep inclines. The batteries maintain cruising speeds and the ICE shuts down while the batteries have enough charge to maintain. A car could conceivable run for hundreds of miles on a (International Unit of Liquid Measure) of gas that way.