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9am. There is only one 9 o'clock in a day and it certainly isn't in the morning... Who comes up with such daft ideas@Gromett in particular.
The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 at 9am features a scientist who is working on battery technology to be used in electric cars.
Thought some of you might be interested.
Richard.
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but it could be 15 years before these are commonly available.
Richard.
It's tough ain't it!Damn life. Everything medical or scientific or roads will be ready in 15 years.
Is this deliberate to upset me ?
Damn life. Everything medical or scientific or roads will be ready in 15 years.
Is this deliberate to upset me ?
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Sorry if I woke you @Gromett. I should have realised you would be living in US time mode.
The subject of the programme was actually a female chemist who has spent many years working on lithium iron chemistry and studying how the chemistry works and can be improved.
Research is now being done on lithium air and lithium magnesium batteries, among others, but it could be 15 years before these are commonly available.
Richard.
Yeah, but we didn't have internet so never got to hear about it anyway.It's tough ain't it!
When we were young whippersnappers it didn't matter that things like that took so long, we had all the time in the world.
Now we start thinking that we might never see it. Time, like many things, becomes a bit more valuable and important when it's in short supply.
Richard.
I was expecting to be ...
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Yes it is viable, whether it is feasible is another matter.Mars, could there possibly be a viable colony there ? Could they really survive, sane, with no atmosphere stuck in cramped quarters ? Could they find and use enough resources to maintain life long term when humans on Earth are extinct ?