Graphite + water = the future of energy storage

[ste2425]

let me phrase it another way: are we storing nuclear energy? hydroelectric? wind turbine?


none of the major energy producers store it long term, it doesnt work that way. solar can give us power whenever it has sunlight, the problem is that its no good as a permanent power source since we have things called night time and clouds.

but if we had a storage solution that could store huge amounts of energy this storage is what is used and then topped up when it is sunny, that pesky problem of night time solved

 

[Thatguy]

Wrong. Solar energy can be stored. Hell, even chemical reaction energy can be stored.

lead acid batterys LOL.been storing energy for millenia or more.

 

[Thatguy]

Shocking. Night and clouds. Never heard of them.

So, back to my point about this kind of technology, which the original article states



could change the idea that solar is no good because it can't be stored. Read the line again that states indefinite lifespan.

But I'm sure we're all better off will nuclear power plants the waste they produce. Uranium miners sure think so.

to provide power for our current rate of consumption plus substitution of current fossil fuel in mobile sources, would require enough solar panel "with current tech" to cover most of arizona.

More dense cell tech is needed.

 

[Drone]

New article about graphene, called: Graphene discovery may lead to faster computers

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...ery-may-lead-to-faster-computers-2319914.html

Electronic devices, from mobile phones to computers, could work much faster if they were made from the thinnest substance in the world, scientists from Manchester University have discovered.


Studies on graphene, a revolutionary material made of a single layer of carbon atoms, have revealed that electrons – subatomic particles that result in electricity – travel many times faster than in silicon, the basis of all modern computer chips.

The discovery suggests that it may be possible to create a new generation of super-fast mobile phones and computers based on graphene.

And so on ...


edit: and title of this thread ... it's graphene ...

 

[Drone]

Go, grab some cookies and get your graphene, nao!

Rice University researchers and members of Girl Scouts of America Troop 25080 confirm the conductivity of graphene made from shortbread Girl Scout Cookies.

Never liked cookies but today!

Graphene is a new wonder material that’s stronger, more flexible, and more electrically conductive than many other materials, and it could make all our electronics faster. Now Rice University scientists have proven that you could make the compound from just about anything including a box of Girl Scout cookies. The sugary delights converted just fine and the researchers estimated that a single box of shortbread cookies could yield $15 billion worth of graphene. With a B. The researches also managed to fabricate high-quality graphene from a variety of materials including chocolate, grass, polystyrene plastic, insects (a cockroach leg), and dog feces.

.... a cockroach leg, yeah that's all I need.

http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=16013&SnID=9216059

 

[Damn_Smooth]

edit: and title of this thread ... it's graphene ...

Blame the authors of the article. I just copied their title.