On 9 April 2015 at 08:56, Jesse Lackey wrote: > Yes... how many. Nearly zero as far as I can tell. I pour cold water > on the breathless "look at how awesome this is!" posts on facebook about > lab "breakthroughs" in batteries and solar cells. I fundamentally don't > like the idea/fantasy that people have that some breakthrough is going > to happen in some lab and then voila our everyday > lives/environment/whatever is going to be so much better. A naive view > of technology as silver bullet magic that avoids taking a harder look > with all the tradeoffs and effort required to actually move the needle. > > Arguably LiIon and LiFePO4 are (cough) Goodenough. Russell --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .