Newest Episodes
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135: More Bright Ideas – New Concentrated Solar Tech
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss light focusing solar panels, what sets apart Stanford’s AGILE concentrated solar panels, and what Matt regrets not including in the Undecided video about the tech.
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134: Hold the Salt – Breakthrough Fresh Water Tech
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss desalination breakthroughs that could make a big difference in developing areas and natural disasters.
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133: Sand Batteries and Thermal Energy Storage
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss thermal energy storage and storing heat in sand for days, weeks, or possibly months.
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132: In Hot Water – Phase Change Materials
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss hot water heaters and how phase change materials have moved from use in space into our homes.
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131: Recycling Solar
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss recycling solar panels–what can we learn from past efforts?
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130: It’s a gas, gas, gas – CO2 Batteries
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss CO2 batteries, how fast they might be here, and how much of an impact they may have.
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129: Liquid Sunshine – Storing Solar Energy in a Bottle
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss carrying a sunburn in a bottle… oh and it’s an energy storage solution as well. Discussing a recent scientific advance that could allow us to store solar energy directly into a liquid for up to 18 years.
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128: Biochar – Old Carbon Capture is New Again
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss biochar and other carbon capture methods that may overlap to help manage human generated CO2.
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127: A Bright Future? Solar Panel Breakthroughs
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss solar panel tech advances in efficiency breakthroughs, organic solar cells, perovskites, and multi junction solar panels.
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126: Are Solid State Batteries Still the Future?
Listen nowMatt and Sean discuss what to expect when breakthroughs miss their moment. Are solid state batteries in danger of missing their moment to other technologies like lithium sulfur or Tesla’s new 4680 battery cells, chemistry, and structural battery pack?