Rust Battery

erco

Maybe my old Corvair can take to the road as an all-electric!

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/08/Energy-Chemistry-Electricity-New-battery-helps-breaks-barriers-for-low-cost-energy-storage/?et_cid=2777036&et_rid=54725820&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2fNews%2f2012%2f08%2fEnergy-Chemistry-Electricity-New-battery-helps-breaks-barriers-for-low-cost-energy-storage%2f

skylight

erco wrote: »

Maybe my old Corvair can take to the road as an all-electric!

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/08/Energy-Chemistry-Electricity-New-battery-helps-breaks-barriers-for-low-cost-energy-storage/?et_cid=2777036&et_rid=54725820&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2fNews%2f2012%2f08%2fEnergy-Chemistry-Electricity-New-battery-helps-breaks-barriers-for-low-cost-energy-storage%2f

Now we have an excuse for not waxing and polishing the car when ordered to by her indoors

ElectricAye

Gosh, maybe some of America's crumbling bridges, rail lines and other infrastructure can be used to solve the energy crisis. I'm feeling a mood lift already - our neglect of civilization is now justified. The way to a brighter future is paved in rust.

Mark_T

As currently developed, Narayan's batteries have the capacity to store between eight and 24 hours' worth of energy.

Ah, I see scientific journalism standards are as high as ever!

Gadgetman

They should connect the battery to certain parts of the journalist...

Gadgetman

Before I commented here yesterday, I wrote a comment on that site, commenting the lack of real number or comparisons that made ense...

There was also another comment there for someone else.
Today there are none...

The linked ECS article:
http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/159/8/A1209
mentions .3AH/Gram, though.
(Lithium-based rechargeables range from 160 to 200AH/Kg, depending on specific chemistry)

User Name

erco wrote: »

Maybe my old Corvair can take to the road as an all-electric!

Maybe you could use electrolytic refining to restore your Corvair to pristine condition. The Pacific Ocean is conveniently close, and you probably own a DC arc welder.

erco

User Name wrote: »

Maybe you could use electrolytic refining to restore your Corvair to pristine condition. The Pacific Ocean is conveniently close, and you probably own a DC arc welder.

According to most episodes of "Lost in Space", all I have to do is reverse the polarity to undo ANYTHING.

Heater.

erco,

....all I have to do is reverse the polarity to undo ANYTHING.

But that is true, I discovered years ago that reversing the supply connections to most electronic circuits really does undo them:)

erco

Apparently in space, no one can hear you scream "ARGGHH, MAGIC SMOKE, I HAVE BEEN UNDONE! "