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Thread: Cowabunga, Buffalo Bob, Could This Be The Holy Grail Of Batteries?

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    Cowabunga, Buffalo Bob, Could This Be The Holy Grail Of Batteries?

    Diamond-like material encasing refined radioactive waste from nuclear power plants lasts indefinitely without charging and as cheap as lithium batteries!?! WHAT-THE-HELL!

    https://newatlas.com/energy/nano-dia...batteries-ndb/

    If as stated, this is the greatest invention since...
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    Yeah, it looks too good to be true. But, I'll hold out hope they're right on this one.

    In general, I think our progress on batteries has been good - but we really need it to be great.

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    I think I shall file that in "will advise"---right next to Hydroxychloroquine.
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    And here I was hoping our resident engineer would explain how decaying nuclear radiating material could produce electricity while encased in a diamond shield.
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    It would be nice to have a couple of dependable, inexpensive lifetime batteries for the mighty Dodge/Cummins......Ben
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    I went back and read the piece again and noticed a promotional cartoon video referenced at the end I missed the first time through. After watching it, my childish mind on these matters now better understands what they are selling. I recommend a viewing for those interested.

    https://youtu.be/ksMXbhftBbM
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    How much NDB stock have Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos bought so far?......Ben
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    I note that the info here studiously fails to quantify the output in anything a layman can use. It tells us how many electrons the decay can produce, but who knows what that means in terms of watts or milliwatts, which does mean something? I am having trouble with the concept that a gram of this stuff decaying over 28,000 years could produce enough usable electricity in short time frames.

    Maybe I just have a poor concept of how much pure energy is in a given mass. I know that about 2 lbs. of uranium blew Hiroshima away when the energy was released all at once.
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    Batteries still need to be practical. It's coming, but I'm afraid I will still have to replace my 16 giant 6v batteries with lead-acid dinos next go 'round.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    ...batteries for the mighty Dodge/Cummins...
    Do they still take 2 batteries like my old one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by UTAH View Post
    Do they still take 2 batteries like my old one?

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    Excellent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    The Dodge/Cummins totes a big pair......Ben
    Ever look under the seat of a golf cart? Your cummings looks like it just got outa the pool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CactusCurt View Post
    Ever look under the seat of a golf cart? Your cummings looks like it just got outa the pool.
    As a matter of fact I spent most of yesterday replacing the forward / reverse switch and upgraded all 13 cables from #6 to #2. Big difference in cable size!
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    These things are waaay too good to be true, right?
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