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Old 07-02-2015, 11:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
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While a single bolt of lightning carries a relatively large amount of energy (approximately 5 billion joules[1] or about the energy stored in 145 litres of petrol), this energy is concentrated in a small location and is passed during an extremely short period of time (microseconds[2]); therefore, extremely high electrical power is involved.

That wold be like taking the whole fast charging problem, and multiplying by itself.

Edit: The Samsung announcement involves anodes made of silicon instead of carbon, wrapped in graphene sheets because the silicon swells and shrinks through the charge/discharge cycle.

So, something different. It's the usual 2 to 3 years out.

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