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39: Full of Hot Air…
Episode 39
https://youtu.be/p4ad07CIaWU
... Well, cold air. Matt and Sean discuss liquid air batteries (cryogenic energy storage) and Highview Power, the difficu…
5 years, 9 months ago
38: Trigger Warnings - Talking about solar panel environmental impacts
Episode 38
Matt and Sean talk about solar panels, their useful life, how some people get triggered by them, and what stands in the way of people using them. Als…
5 years, 9 months ago
37: What principles? Talking about Tesla Battery Day
Episode 37
Matt and Sean discuss the ways that Tesla’s recent announcements demonstrate a kind of thinking that breaks from the norm and how it puts them ahead—…
5 years, 9 months ago
36: Fuel Cells are Hard
Episode 36
https://youtu.be/g7O3LCYP0bA
...to understand. For Sean. But Matt helps him through it! We talk through a lot of questions around efficiency, why they…
5 years, 10 months ago
35: It’s Virtually a Grid — Talking Tesla Powerwall and Home Batteries
Episode 35
https://youtu.be/QLjqjhqTZoM
Matt and Sean talk about evolving approaches to renewable energy production on the local level, surprising impacts of hou…
5 years, 10 months ago
34: We Have Engaged … the Pork … well, Supercapacitors
Episode 34
https://youtu.be/U4V8Tv1S_J8
Matt and Sean talk about supercapacitor technology (aka ultracapacitors), trade terrible puns, and wonder if advances in …
5 years, 10 months ago
33: To Hype or Not to Hype - Tesla Battery Day
Episode 33
https://youtu.be/UuQmoCMI5O4
Matt and Sean discuss the possible paths that Tesla's battery day announcement might take, rank preferences, and talk abo…
5 years, 10 months ago
32: You spin me right round - wind turbine viewer feedback
Episode 32
https://youtu.be/mW436OJ6ZNc
Matt and Sean talk about recycling wind turbines or maybe just growing some--the debate over the environmental impact of …
5 years, 11 months ago
31: It’s all about context - talking Tesla solar panels and YouTube
Episode 31
https://youtu.be/GLG4iKGxERc
It’s all about context … and where you place your ads. Matt and Sean talk about the US solar installation costs versus ot…
5 years, 11 months ago
30: E-plane, E-plane! Talking about electric airplanes
Episode 30
https://youtu.be/D1hwFpiz1QE
Matt and Sean discuss the potentials of electric-powered flight, why it doesn't (and shouldn't) be a simple recreation of…
5 years, 11 months ago