Green Energy

I can't believe every time I've been to a Japanese restaurant, they've been offering me a phone charger in the form of miso soup. I must have come across as a complete dunce.

"Did you offer them the complimentary phone charger?"

"Yeah, but, uh.."

"But what?"

"They...well, they drank it."

"They drank the battery fluid?!"

"Yeah. I mean it's technically non toxic. Said it tasted great."

"Hmm, customer is always right I guess. How are they doing with the nigiri? Were they able to grill it okay with the shichirin?"

"They definitely enjoyed it, but it also got a little weird. They called it a hibachi, remarked about its pleasant glow and heat, and then took the set of skewers I had given them, held them kind of like tweezers or tongs, grabbed the nigri with them and ate the whole thing raw."

"They ate it raw?!"

"Yep. Said it was the best sushi they've had, too."

"Alright, just give me a moment to think. We need to avoid shaming them, but one of them is bound to visit Japan at some point. I think I'm going to have to call the prime minister and get ahead of this."

"And what? Rewrite every history book and have every citizen change their habits?"

"How much did that slab of bluefin cost? How many pieces of sushi can it make? What does a piece of sushi sell for?"

[Sigh] "Alright, I'll get you in touch with her."

They achieved surprisingly good capacity for an entirely new chemistry. I wish them luck in their research, since this could bring luck to everyone. :)

I just want a big ass cheap battery I can stick on the side of my house and go off grid.

Per the article:

A 300-Year Battery? Not Quite

Just under 50Wh/kilo but still over 70% capacity after 120.000 charge cycles in lab environment. So quite interesting for grid storage and such.

I worked in the production of activated carbon many years ago, and this title reads like the Elsevier titles I read back then like "Activated carbon from cow dung manure". It's just researchers looking for a novelty handle imo.

Morning rush hour news -- May 10th, 2046.

"A three vehicle pile up is being reported on the 408 with one vehicle on its side and leaking brine all over the highway. Our own Stephen Jeffreys is on the scene. Stephen?"

"Thank you Gracie. Traffic is now backed up for miles and the scene is chaos. The 408 smells like a Florida marsh and cleanup might take a while. Back to you Gracie.'

How much does it produce and how big is it?

That will never see the line of day (production).

Scientists make nothing battery that runs on nothing and lasts a hundred quasckrillion years.