this one is not so much Out of Focus it's ..

[arthurking83]

Way OUT There!

sick new dopey batteries .. duuude! (http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2014/august/could-hemp-nanosheets-topple-graphene-for-making-the-ideal-supercapacitor.html)

:D

story is basically they're looking to use hemp to make batteries.

[Mark L]

If it works in the long run, it's got to be better than than the waste of creating and disposing of man made chemicals.

[arthurking83]

For sure.
Just funny that it could be made from such a product!

What I like to see about the technology is that it charges up in a matter of seconds .. like a capacitor.

But you're right on re the environment .. all those lithium batteries being made today(and NiCd and NiMH in years gone by) are a much greater hazard for the future than the furphy that is global warming!

[Mark L]

FWIW, we are involved in fire services, and have family members involved in insurance. Both these industries don't think there is any furphy involved.
Discussion for elsewhere maybe.
(regret posting this before I did)

[Duane Pipe]

Im not surprised that the Dutch never discovered it, No hemp left:lol2: