Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/8/24 3:18 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 01:08:41 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    Well, Musk sells gigantic lithium batteries

 I'm waiting for more accurate information but there is a rumor Musk may
pivot to hydrogen. Great, another technology with no supporting
infrastructure.

   Heh heh  :-)
   Hydrogen is DIFFICULT to deal with in a number
   of dimensions. You're right in that there's
   really NO sort of infrastructure for it either.
   However, at an "industrial site", creation+storage+
   use might not be THAT difficult an equation.
   However to get good efficiency you couldn't burn
   the hydrogen - huge FUEL CELLS would be required.
   Even then, considerable loss.
   Anyway, NOT gonna park an H2 powered vehicle
   anywhere NEAR my house.
   I'd suggested a little farm of maybe 5-10 meter
   radial-fiber based flywheels. Those ARE do-able
   and you'd be able to get back MOST of the energy
   put in. There always IS a danger of "rapid
   unscheduled disassembly" with those however, hence
   my advice to kinda BURY them a bit.
   Mag bearings ... they oughtta last 50+ years and
   are basically much lower, more robust, tech than
   fuel cells. Who needs hydrogen when you've got
   rotational inertia ?
   Cars ? Frankly isopropanol would be a GREAT
   low-polluting fuel, and less hydroscopic
   than methanol or ethanol. CHEAP ways to make
   it ... that's for the catalyst people to
   figure out. It WOULD work with the existing
   infrastructure with only a few gasket mods.