This Is Why Companies Are Hiding The Truth About Batteries

Follow Thoughty2

About Thoughty2
Thoughty2 (Arran) is a British YouTuber and gatekeeper of useless facts. Thoughty2 creates mind-blowing factual videos about science, tech, history, opinion and just about everything else.
#Thoughty2

Editing: Jack Stevens

[johnnylego]

You would be surprised at how many things technologically are being held back simply because of greed and money. This goes for almost all industries!

[TheCoon]

If I only had a nickel for every time I've heard someone say they "developed a new battery tech that will change the world".
I would really like to see one live up to the hype but I'm not going to hold my breath for this.

[Zangettsu_ZA]

As a South African who experiences Loadshedding each day (rolling blackouts of up to 12.5 hrs a day), many of us who can afford it, have gone solar. Our home is now completely free from grid power. We have aircons, PCs, washing machines, dishwashers and all other home appliances running completely free every day. During rainy days we still generate enough solar energy to cover the base load of the house and trickle charge the batteries till, in most cases, even full. We went all out with our batteries. No expense saved there. And so far they have been paying off big time. Since the commissioning of our system our electricity usage quadrupled because we now had a near infinite supply. So much so that we literally have no load to spend 50% of the possible kWh's that we can generate from the sun. Currently we're looking at a way for homeowners in our security estate, with similar excess electricity to supply our excess back into our estate's grid so that other homes can use it. As crap as Loadshedding has been for us, it is also a blessing, since it forces us to cater for ourselves causing our corrupt government to lose the last little bit of power over us that they have.

[aatired]

Ain't no way you started a science video with the Baghdad battery

[dannyoberthier]

As far back as I can remember the new game changer in battery technology is always 2 years away. I have been waiting for 30 years now.

[henribasson]

Hi, am a retired electrical engineer that worked for many years as a consultant for electricity distributers. You are so spot on regarding "community" electricity generation and storage. Not only will there be less pressure on the grid transmission system (with its visually disruptive pylons all over the countryside, including areas of natural beauty), but they will also be less dependent on monopolistic utilities, replaced with local accountability. And yes, the local green energy revolution is so so dependent on battery technology that is affordable, energy dense, reliable and environmentally friendly. If this happens, earth will certainly be a better place.

[xwgrknn]

The "Baghdad battery", isn't a battery. The parts that make it up weren't found together, and could have had completely different uses.

[fly]

"Lazer batteries made with the tears of alien hampsters." Yeah he said the quiet part out loud. 😂

[adamazingballs]

New battery technologies are being developed all the time, what matters is can it be manufactured cheaply and at scale.

[maureencallahan]

New tech has to be allowed to exist even if it is a threat to existing profitable systems who don't want compitition.

[shawnglass]

Copper, when introduced to grape juice, can pause fermentation. I think the Baghdad battery had absolutely nothing to do with a battery and everything to do with wine preservation. That’s not very exciting though.

[dblain]

50 years ago, my Father worked for the local electric company.
He took me to work one day and they were all exited to shom me a new battery that lasted 500 years. It was a small black pellet.
I have no idea of its compisition.
They even gave me a glass cube with one of the pellets inside.
Ive never seen them commercially anywhere, but imagine the change it would make in our lives.

[magicpyroninja]

You'd be surprised at how many different technologies are being held back by a lack of advancement in battery technology

[spriken]

I imagine it's like light bulbs... The first mass-produced bulbs could last years, there is one in a fire station that has been working non-stop for over 100 years.
The companies actually got together to place a limit on how long bulbs could last so they can make the most profit.

[nocturnalverse]

Chemistry is fun. So today my wife told me she poured some vinegar down the sink hoping to loosen up some of the problem we are having. She also mentioned that she poured draino down the sink previously. A day previously. I missed the mention of that time gap at first. So I asked her, "Do you know what happens when you mix Draino and Vinegar?" "No", she said. I came back quickly with, "Neither do I." So she looked it up. Never mix those two things, especialy in a drain unless you would like a Draino Volcano coming back at you.

[gNOme_]

Greed will never allow these concepts to come to complete fruition, unless and until it becomes an absolute necessity—even then, I fear the greedy will just find another way! 😪

[CNC-Time-Lapse]

My brother put a solar roof on his house (22 panels) but had to sign a contract that stated that any excess power he generated would not be put back into the grid and sold back to the power company. The only way he was granted a permit to build was to sign that contract. The power company doesn't want to buy your electricity and, in some areas, can choose to deny residence access to solar energy if it means it will dip into their pockets. As long as lobbying exists, companies like that will continue to dictate policy.

[Martyn_Wolf]

Lightbulbs were originally designed to last a very long time, a lot of things were meant to last for a long time.

People realised that they'd make more money by giving them a shorter like span

[gvuedgjnfri]

I love how people who try to say that the Baghdad battery was just used for electroplating jewelry never bother to mention that electroplating wasn't invented until the mid-1800s.

[HolloVVpoint]

Graphene batteries been “round the corner” for nearly 15 years now.