On 27/12/2016 16:42, tim... wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 27/12/16 17:12, tim... wrote:
For example, there are supposed to be some new battery technologies that
are a couple of orders of magnitude better than currently available.

I can assure you there are not....

I know, you have told me before

but you are just a random person on the internet so why should I
attribute more weight to you than to all the other "random" persons on
the internet who disagree with you.

Some of whom are actually academic physicists (even if I have never
heard of them) and some people with a very real interest in it actually
being right.

I have no personal opinion on who is right, but you really do not have
the visibility for me to believe that it is you.

Especially when, without these two orders of magnitude improvement,
electric cars for the masses, that automotive companies are investing
billion in, are never going to happen.

Tim,
I'll be amazed if you can find any scientist who thinks you can get two
orders of magnitude more storage in a chemical battery. The limits are
down the the reaction energy of the elements involved, and these are
well known.

More power for a shorter time, or more battery life (recharge more
times) is quite feasible, but not more capacity.

Andy