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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.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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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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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    ...batteries for the mighty Dodge/Cummins...
    Do they still take 2 batteries like my old one?

    Hunter
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