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Even at 97, one can get a real charge!

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 I know I am an old fart.  But, it is hard for me to realize that my kids don’t really know the “pleasure” of finding just the right battery for their flashlight, their radio, or other electronic devices.

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A new kind of energy storage

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Some 40 years ago, while at MIT, I was involved with two energy-related projects.  One involved the development of a conversion from honest-to-goodness-solid waste [HGSW] to methane (natural gas), via microbial means, the one that occupied a major portion of my time.  The other project, working with a different professor, involved screening compounds that would store and release energy reversibly. Why this project? One of the problems we have with energy is that we need it in fits and starts, but that is not an economical method to produce it.  Also, if we want to collect solar energy, it is available during the day- what do we do at night?

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