Still To Be Determined

Aug 31, 2022 • 00:20:22

Matt and Sean discuss hot water heaters and how phase change materials have moved from use in space into our homes.

Aug 24, 2022 • 00:22:55

Matt and Sean discuss recycling solar panels–what can we learn from past efforts?

Aug 17, 2022 • 00:24:44

Matt and Sean discuss CO2 batteries, how fast they might be here, and how much of an impact they may have.

Aug 10, 2022 • 00:20:13

Matt and Sean discuss carrying a sunburn in a bottle… oh and it’s an energy storage solution as well. Discussing a recent scientific advance that could allow us to store solar energy directly into a liquid for up to 18 years.

Aug 03, 2022 • 00:22:59

Matt and Sean discuss biochar and other carbon capture methods that may overlap to help manage human generated CO2.

Jul 20, 2022 • 00:22:17

Matt and Sean discuss solar panel tech advances in efficiency breakthroughs, organic solar cells, perovskites, and multi junction solar panels.

Jul 13, 2022 • 00:21:02

Matt and Sean discuss what to expect when breakthroughs miss their moment. Are solid state batteries in danger of missing their moment to other technologies like lithium sulfur or Tesla’s new 4680 battery cells, chemistry, and structural battery pack?

Jul 06, 2022 • 00:24:02

Matt and Sean discuss the potential of seaweed as a plastic replacement.

Jun 29, 2022 • 00:20:01

Matt and Sean discuss a Death Star we can all be excited about… that’s drilling with nuclear fusion technology, a gyrotron, for affordable geothermal energy.

Jun 22, 2022 • 00:22:02

Matt and Sean discuss accidental discoveries that push technology forward, like Drexel University and their lithium sulfur battery breakthrough.