The Energy Thread

[Green Monstah]

Toyota claims to have made a giant breakthrough in battery design. A solid state lithium battery that will go 1200KM (750 mi) and charge in 10 minutes. Says they will begin delivering in 2027.

https://www.ft.com/content/87cb8e92-...3-2943f8f63e1d

That sounds pretty incredible. I wonder if there's enough lithium to scale it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Toyota claims to have made a giant breakthrough in battery design. A solid state lithium battery that will go 1200KM (750 mi) and charge in 10 minutes. Says they will begin delivering in 2027.

https://www.ft.com/content/87cb8e92-...3-2943f8f63e1d

[Jeff Lebowski]

A fusion-power company called Helion putting money on the line. It signed a contract with Microsoft to deliver fusion-power electricity by 2028, or pay penalties.

https://newatlas.com/energy/helion-m...t-fusion-2028/

Will they make it? Probably not, says University of Chicago physicist Robert Rosner ("I will never say never. But it would be astonishing if they succeed.")

https://singularityhub.com/2023/05/1...actor-by-2028/

But, if they don't, maybe the goal line will move, and fusion power will now only always be FIVE years away.

[All-American]

A fusion-power company called Helion putting money on the line. It signed a contract with Microsoft to deliver fusion-power electricity by 2028, or pay penalties.

https://newatlas.com/energy/helion-m...t-fusion-2028/

Will they make it? Probably not, says University of Chicago physicist Robert Rosner ("I will never say never. But it would be astonishing if they succeed.")

https://singularityhub.com/2023/05/1...actor-by-2028/

But, if they don't, maybe the goal line will move, and fusion power will now only always be FIVE years away.

[Pelado]

I got it but didn’t laugh

That is often the reaction for my jokes, whether people get them or not.

[falafel]

Tesla owners are dumb enough to buy anything.

Teslas are the Apples of cars.

[Moliere]

I bet Moliere got that joke

I got it but didn’t laugh

[BigFatMeanie]

Tesla owners are dumb enough to buy anything.

So are Apple fanboys

[Uncle Ted]

Why are charging stations so expensive? I was talking to my buddy with a new Tesla here in the US and he said it is often the equivalent of $3-4/gal when you use a remote/public charging station. That really surprises me.

Tesla owners are dumb enough to buy anything.

[Clark Addison]

I bet Moliere got that joke

[falafel]

It's a gouge.

Lol I thought it was a shoe horn?

[Pelado]

It's a gouge.

[Jeff Lebowski]

[Pelado]

Why are charging stations so expensive? I was talking to my buddy with a new Tesla here in the US and he said it is often the equivalent of $3-4/gal when you use a remote/public charging station. That really surprises me.

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Why are charging stations so expensive? I was talking to my buddy with a new Tesla here in the US and he said it is often the equivalent of $3-4/gal when you use a remote/public charging station. That really surprises me.