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A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
- dnemmers 8mo agoIs there a disclaimer about the use of AI to write the article? I feel like arstechnica is on thin-ice as of late.
- apparent 8mo agoYeah I'll be taking their articles with a grain of salt for the near future. Hopefully a one-time blip. And hopefully they know that their audience is particularly sensitive to screwups like this.
- metalman 8mo agoremarkably bad technology, which if I read it right, does not in fact hold heat for months, but "leaks", making even the title wrong. Not to mention dozens of other energy and heat storage technologys actualy bieng implimented now.With sand bieng used for heat storage in the far north now, any other technology will find competition for anything other than headlines, rather stiff.
- gus_massa 8mo agoIt looks like the pads with a salt that can be boiled and stored and later when you click the thing inside the pack the salt will crystallize an release the heat. I think the salt packs are quite stable. (Sodium acetate?) Anyway, they are using another molecules, that looks very tasty for bacteria and fungus, so I hope they keep it perfectly sealed, otherwise in winter they will only have a nasty green goo.