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This sounds great but eggheads have been claiming they've created such devices for years. The article contains very few real numbers. Does anyone know anything

This sounds great but eggheads have been claiming they've created such devices for years. The article contains very few real numbers. Does anyone know anything more about these supercaps that may legitimize or discredit this research?

fit2rule 12y ago
Its one thing to research a product, and get it in a demonstrable form. This occurs time and again. Its another thing to have the ownership of the technology in the right hands, such that the technology can then be funded. Its then another thing to get the funding required to actually make the product happen. Too often, those who would lose the most, are the ones with the biggest presence at each stage of this process. If you look, you'll see that petro-chemical/military-industrial giants have, in their portfolios, sufficient actually working technology to make major changes in the world. Its just not as profitable for them - nor as safe - as weapons manufacture, ramping up existing oil-infrastructure, etc. Until we start controlling these entities properly - taxing oil and weapons manufacture at levels that make it more viable to let go of these antiquated economic control mechanisms - nothing will change. That can't change, until you and I change, and stop depending on oil and weapons as a fundamental aspect of our culture. And the way I see it, the only viable way for that to occur is for the grass-roots to keep inventing new and feasible ways to disconnect from the petro-/military- industrial complex. The day we can grow our own batteries in a simple garden fish-tank .. we'll either have almighty peace on earth, or hellfire from above. Either way, keep trying to find that sweet spot.
- rebootthesystem 12y ago
  Using taxation for behavior modification is wrong. This is how we've ended up in the mess of taxes we have today. Despite what politicians keep repeating, "good manufacturing jobs" are never coming back, and taxes and excessive regulations are near to the top of the list of reasons behind this. Don't believe me on this one, Steve Jobs himself told this to Obama directly. Just google it. Taxes should only be used to raise money to support essential government work and worthy, efficient, well-justified, regularly reviewed programs with automatic expiration dates of no more than five years. The latter to make sure we get used to re-evaluate everything and make sure we run government as efficiently as possible.

fit2rule 12y ago

Its one thing to research a product, and get it in a demonstrable form. This occurs time and again. Its another thing to have the ownership of the technology in the right hands, such that the technology can then be funded. Its then another thing to get the funding required to actually make the product happen. Too often, those who would lose the most, are the ones with the biggest presence at each stage of this process. If you look, you'll see that petro-chemical/military-industrial giants have, in their portfolios, sufficient actually working technology to make major changes in the world. Its just not as profitable for them - nor as safe - as weapons manufacture, ramping up existing oil-infrastructure, etc. Until we start controlling these entities properly - taxing oil and weapons manufacture at levels that make it more viable to let go of these antiquated economic control mechanisms - nothing will change. That can't change, until you and I change, and stop depending on oil and weapons as a fundamental aspect of our culture. And the way I see it, the only viable way for that to occur is for the grass-roots to keep inventing new and feasible ways to disconnect from the petro-/military- industrial complex. The day we can grow our own batteries in a simple garden fish-tank .. we'll either have almighty peace on earth, or hellfire from above. Either way, keep trying to find that sweet spot.

rebootthesystem 12y ago
Using taxation for behavior modification is wrong. This is how we've ended up in the mess of taxes we have today. Despite what politicians keep repeating, "good manufacturing jobs" are never coming back, and taxes and excessive regulations are near to the top of the list of reasons behind this. Don't believe me on this one, Steve Jobs himself told this to Obama directly. Just google it. Taxes should only be used to raise money to support essential government work and worthy, efficient, well-justified, regularly reviewed programs with automatic expiration dates of no more than five years. The latter to make sure we get used to re-evaluate everything and make sure we run government as efficiently as possible.