Newest Episodes
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149: General Fusion Interview with Mike Donaldson
Listen nowI had a chance to sit down and chat with Mike Donaldson, the Vice President, Fusion Island Engineering at General Fusion. It’s an interesting conversation about not only General Fusion’s technology, but the fusion industry at large. Hope you enjoy.
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148: Old Tech May Be Our Future – Zinc Batteries
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about zinc batteries and why old tech doesn’t always stay old. Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, “137 Year Old…
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147: The Future of Undecided
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about where Undecided is headed, and how it’s going to get there.
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146: Discovering Covering Canals – Solar Panels + Water
Listen nowMatt and Sean talk about what you get when you mix solar and calm water. There’s a lot of similarities between solar panels over water and solar panels over crops (agrivoltaics). There’s also a lot we can learn about solar from countries like India.
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145: Put Those Cans To Use – Aluminum Ion Batteries
Listen nowOn today’s episode of Still To Be Determined we’re turning our beer cans into batteries … well … we’re talking about aluminum ion batteries and how they might be the successor to the lithium ion battery.
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144: Gone Fusion – Exciting Fusion Energy Startups
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss start-ups’ fusion energy plans, their timetable, and their potential. We also talk to Helion Energy’s CEO, David Kirtley about their technology.
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143: Unity Homes – Matt’s Factory Built Net Zero Home
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss Unity Homes’ approach to sustainable homebuilding (including Matt’s home!).
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142: Passive (House) Aggressively – Net Zero at Scale
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss large-scale passive buildings and the different technologies available today to make it happen. Everything from regenerative braking on elevators, to solar panels plus battery energy storage, to ERVs and air tight construction.
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141: More Small Ideas – Nanotechnology at Work
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss nanotechnology advancements driving battery breakthroughs from companies like EnergyX. Their metal organic frameworks are revolutionizing lithium mining, and potentially lithium batteries as well.
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140: Baby Got Mach – Supersonic Net Zero Airplanes
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss supersonic air travel and Matt’s real feelings about biofuels and Boom’s prospects.