Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:36:26 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <20240913a@crcomp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 04:36:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e8a7768eb292455464d8f83a9d2e4826"; logging-data="2601929"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/mQhbMIlIeFK1Ke5ob0fO1efj0yjUloxY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:/yBBczpEryrr1ilqMXxq50FYqmk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2181 On 10/23/2024 10:38 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > On 10/23/24 05:31, Scott Dorsey wrote: >> Cryptoengineer  wrote: >>> Batteries are not a power source - they are a power store. >> >> This is true for storage batteries, not for primary batteries like >> alkaline >> cells.  Some languages make a specific distinction between >> "l'accumulateur" >> and "la cellule" but English does not unfortunately. >> --scott >> > >     Look up Flow Batteries.  They are not in automotive use yet but > would keep gas stations open to supply the fluid with which they > operate. > >     You would have a future that resembles the immediate past. I've certainly heard of flow batteries, but usually as stationary storage. Applying them to vehicles sounds very complicated. Any idea of the volumes of fluids required for, say, 100 kWh? That's the size of a hefty EV battery today. What voltage would they provide? pt