there are many individuals that do their own microgrid because connecting to the macro-grid is so expensive. One KZitem couple, Adventure Strikes channel, in northern Idaho has done this. If it cost more than about $10K to get power delivered to your sites, building your own microgrid for about $20K or so is cheaper and you have no 'monthly charge' in addition to energy use.
@gregbailey45
3 күн бұрын
I think you're referring to a husband/wife team called "Ambition Strikes"
@johnclausen9057
12 күн бұрын
There is actually an EU legislation coming into effect that means all powertool manufacturers have to use the same standard interface, starting with having to sell adaptors for their existing platforms.
@yensteel
11 күн бұрын
Is it necessary? So long as there's no patents on the interfaces, people should be able to use 3rd party parts so they wish. Nespresso has a patent on the seals of the capsules, so other capsules can't have seals on them. 3rd party capsule coffee machines have the rubber seals in them as a workaround. That's the kind of problem interfaces could face.
@johnclausen9057
11 күн бұрын
@@yensteel not all powertools have room for adaptors and not all batteries have the battery protection in the battery. Also as a tradesman I have 4 different battery platforms which would mean I would need four different adapters and at least 2 of each to not have to swap adapters around. It also means that companies can't tie you to their platform and their version of said tool.
@yensteel
11 күн бұрын
@@johnclausen9057 Oh.. so this is a very good move then! Sorry! I thought most people would stick with one brand. "I'm in the Bosch team!" "Ryobi!" "Craftsman!"
@russellklegraefe6425
9 күн бұрын
I live in Germany and I have seen that several companies start to make devices and batteries of the same voltage that are interchangeable with other companies batteries. The problem with sticking to one company for devices is that they don’t all make the devices that you necessarily need. In my Collection, I have mostly devices for gardening and I’ve had to go to two different companies to get the devices I wanted. Luckily there is an adapter that I can use to place the batteries from one device into the other device since they both use the same voltage. The adapter just puts the plus and minus wires into a different pin.
@andrewknots
12 күн бұрын
As a keen amateur photographer I find the more expensive rechargeable batteries well worth the extra, they are less prone to self discharge, and when one has 8 external, and 4 internal AA batteries per flashgun plus spares, it’s important to arrive at the job fully charged devices. My biggest limitation is only having 24 charging slots.
@jackcoats4146
12 күн бұрын
On small batteries, there are good small batteries. In the small drones have small replicable lithium batteries. They are available, and chargers are available, but you MUST engineer for it. The small batteries have the same charge curves as big batteries (voltage and current requirements). The drone packs are swappable.
@jmacd8817
11 күн бұрын
One HUGE benefit of the AA and AAA batteries is the ability to store them long term. When I lived in Southern California, I had multiple packs of those small batteries packed in my earthquake kits. Why? Because they are shelf stable for YEARS. No need to have a charger, or access to mains electricity or a car (with fuel!) to recharge. I just open the pack of batteries, put them in, and good to go. No rechargeable battery has that ability. Plus, as you guys hinted at with respect to lawn mowers, etc, they are a standard form factor. I have an EcoFlow 1600 watt/768 Wh battery pack for emergencies, but I have to remember to top it off occasionally. I also have our fiber modem/router on a UPS, but that thing is sucking down magic pixies on an ongoing basis (a minor cost, yes, but it's there, and it has a shelf life as well) I think a cross-ecosystem battery configuration is a necessity. I realize that Ryobi, DeWalt, Milwaukee, et al, don't want that, but it's still a dream I have. All hail the mighty dollar! This is your god... (obligatory They Live reference; "I came here to kick ass AND chew bubblegum, and I'm aaalllll out of bubblegum. ")
@gregbailey45
3 күн бұрын
If you're after good long term storage/lifetime plus around 3x the capacity of alkaline zinc cells, lithium AA cells are hard to beat. Pricey, though. And well, worth recycling!
@flutieflambert
11 күн бұрын
The graph of compressed air vs lithium ion shows that private lithium ion battery companies have an incentive to prevent governments/collectives from supplying grid infrastructure along with massive air batteries to power entire cities/communities in favor of decimating public infrastructure, privatizing batteries and selling them to individual households instead, much the way from its inception big auto and oil lobbied against high speed rail and public trans. This illustrates a universal issue that collectives operate more efficiently than competing individuals.
@aromaticsnail
10 күн бұрын
0:25 I feel Sean was feeling a bit deflated with Mat's puns
@jimgraham6722
9 күн бұрын
Where I live Ryobi have standardised their rechargeable batteries for power hand and garden tools. Commercially it has been hugely successful for them. Not so well known, adapters are now readily available that allow other brand power tools to be operated using the very reliable Ryobi interchangeable portable battery system. I have a number of these inexpensive adapters that have resuscitated a number of older power tools enabling them to run on Ryobi batteries, I would otherwise have had to bin.
@chlistens7742
12 күн бұрын
on amazon 24 count Duracell $16.43 (0.68/count) Energizer 15.66 (0.68/count) Amazon basic 16 pack rechargeable 17.59 (1.10/count) so yes 2x initial price but i have done more than 200 cycles and still going strong. iIt seems the same as EV's more expensive at first but the recharges save you the money quickly.
@pixelpusher220
11 күн бұрын
Yep, all renewable/reusable stuff is front loaded on cost unfortunately. At the big macro scale, ideally we'd have gov't 'borrow' against future savings to build the green tech we need. Because the only thing more expensive than building renewable....is not building renewable.
@Karagoth444
11 күн бұрын
20:00 User feedback from users directly is also useful and I think they listen, especially on the experimental features. Many months ago KZitem was experimenting with normalized audio volume (see DRC) which sounds mostly fine on spoken audio, but screws up music. Whenever I loaded up a music video and audio was off, I immediately used the report function. It took a couple of weeks for them to stop. You may have noticed a new setting in the player "Stable Volume", and it's more consistently off on music.
@jouniko
9 күн бұрын
Stable volume doesn't seem to do DRC for me on android, maybe it works differently on different platforms? Would actually be nice to have that enabled with music, because every track is different volume and it's annoying. I thought it was disabled for music to keep albums consistent, such as soundtracks. Edit: seems like it does DRC with firefox on PC.
@lesliefranklin1870
11 күн бұрын
A tank of compressed air is not always as safe as what you assume. Many people have compressed air for various purposes, such as running air tools or inflating tires. Sometimes a tank will have a catastrophic failure. When such a tank ruptures under pressure, it can release energy like a small bomb. Such events have destroyed property and injured and killed people.
@jimgraham6722
9 күн бұрын
Anything over 4atm potentially dangerous over 10atm, very dangerous.
@leger13g
12 күн бұрын
Great information as always
@michaelmartin9022
11 күн бұрын
This, like those carbon thermal batteries, also seems like something that could be progressively installed at existing power stations as parts of them get decommissioned. As they are also usually far away from housing you could use the same land for wind (if suitable), or just cover all the no-longer-fume-producing buildings in solar.
@dalton6173
11 күн бұрын
Also that's part of the fight to right to repair. In battery replacement/recycling should be a part of that process. Even for small tech. Obviously for nanotech that's always going to be an issue but you know there's a difference between the bleeding edge and something at least within the realm of what we currently have.
@charoleawood
12 күн бұрын
Rechargeable AAs really aren't junk, they last quite a long time. i do a lot of gaming and i like that xbox controllers still use AAs rather than having built in li batteries what will brick the controller when they wear down. i think the problem is that consumers have been conditioned by battery makers to see AAs as "disposable". So people don't consider paying the larger up front cost to do the responsible thing by getting rechargeable and a charger even as they have a thousand and one bluetooth devises each with their own charging stations and cords...
@johnseberg6989
11 күн бұрын
For those interested in compressed air and related ... I have heard of a company that is looking to repurpose pipelines to store compressed air (long duration). Also, there was a company focused on capturing energy solely on the variations of pressure in the existing gas pipeline network. Very nerdy stuff, if completely impractical. 😄
@thewheelieguy
11 күн бұрын
For the second one I think that boils down to capturing energy that someone else's electrically powered compressor had put into the system...
@TeamBehrens
6 күн бұрын
My family throws the rechargeable away every time I get them. Might be time to try again
@mackfisher4487
12 күн бұрын
Planned obsolescence of cell phones by battery degradation, there are quite a few shops to replace cell phone lithium batteries now and has been carried on to high and home devices such as Bluetooth speakers. Too expensive devices should have interchangeable batteries. US federal law mandated power tool batteries the replaceable years ago. Most likely due to EU mandate that mobile phones have interchangeable batteries by 2027, America will see the same law affecting their phones.
@PandaKnight52
11 күн бұрын
Probs shouldn't tell the general public when you won't be home.
@jmacd8817
11 күн бұрын
I second this. Wait until you're already back home before telling folks you went on a trip.
@laughinggas5281
11 күн бұрын
I read recently that one of the enhanced geothermal geothermal companies are testing pumping air into the fractured bedrock around their Wells and are able to store many hours of compressed air I don't think they had really gotten to the heat recovery aspect even though the wells are supposed to be heat recovery systems
@stephaniesullivan6976
11 күн бұрын
An important factor is the TCO. A system that requires mechanical conversion (aka generators/compressors) will have higher maintenance needs than a system without moving parts (aka electrochemical batteries). Fewer moving parts generally means higher reliability and lower operating costs... generally.
@dennisryckman5210
12 күн бұрын
Like cameras and V-Mount batteries!
@kevalvichare4759
12 күн бұрын
Worth of watching 🎉
@junkerzn7312
11 күн бұрын
I liked the conversation, I think Matt might have misspoke talking about scales (1MW, 100MW, 1GW, etc) for compressed air vs batteries. Maybe he meant MWh, and GWh there , not MW and GW. Where these alternatives to batteries shine is in storage capacity, NOT generation capacity. That's the whole point, in fact. If you were to try to take a 1 GWh compressed air storage system and have it produce 1 GW, it would not be economically feasible any more. But if that 1 GWh of storage has 10 MW of capability, it would. Same with flow batteries and other technologies. Please remember again that the cost of battery storage is NOT the only factor when it comes to deciding what kind of system to get. I can't say this enough times, but BECAUSE of their relatively higher power ratings, battery systems can remove the need to expand or run new transmission lines in congested corridors. One of the big economic reasons for building a new battery system is precisely to situate it in a congested corridor to avoid those other costs. Like a 2-for-1 deal if you think about it. ESS makers are not unaware of this factor and some are now offering shipping-container battery systems with inverters and also without inverters (battery expansion only) in order to chop off more bits of the pie from other higher-storage-capacity technologies. -Matt
@octothorpe12
11 күн бұрын
I haven't done this, but I reckon it'd be somewhat simple to create a user script to 'automagically' change to the preferred language (English in this case), and also remember it. I'm not entirely sure it would work in Chrome with Google's recent changes in how scripts can interact, but it should work in Safari/Firefox.
@aloroki
11 күн бұрын
Compressor is a machine that makes 90% heat and 10% air. So effectively this is a hybrid heat/compressed air battery that would store heat with a byproduct compressed air. Being n the compressors business for over 20 years we offer energy recovery options for more and more units sold these days.
@dalton6173
11 күн бұрын
One thing that you probably look into is USBC batteries. It's not a limitation of the technology or what people are willing to spend whenever you don't need batteries often so therefore unless you absolutely need them in the moment and you just don't have those few extra dollars... Especially with the USBC ones every time I show someone that I have USBC chargeable batteries they put it in their Amazon shopping cart list and save it for whenever they have the money to buy it or buy it right then and there.
@nielsfennema2266
4 күн бұрын
I am curious if this compressed air could reach more than 100% efficiency. Let's say the heat is used efficiently at compression, and during decompression heat from the environment is used to heat up. The heating just needs to be fast enough.
@johnseberg6989
11 күн бұрын
As an off-grid climate mitigation device, I imagine a heat pump that runs directly off solar with the minimal electronics. Just a minimalist survival device. For whatever bonus storage, use a thermal battery, and a relatively small electrochemical battery. If America wants to vote against the Energy Transition in November, maybe the Global South becomes worthy of talent and capital resources.
@jimthain8777
11 күн бұрын
There's a lot of different battery technologies out there, and I think we may just need them all. The key will be which technology is "best" for which things. None of these energy storage systems is good for every application. So it would be great if we could sort out which ones are good for which things and apply them to those things, while applying other means of energy storage to the things that technology doesn't work so well for.
@michaelmartin9022
11 күн бұрын
There are rechargeable lithium AA batteries, with USB-C sockets in the side! Not super common, but they should be.
@rickharold7884
11 күн бұрын
Super cool.
@russellklegraefe6425
9 күн бұрын
One of the problems of switching AA batteries to a different chemical is the voltage that they give out. Alkaline batteries give 1.5 V. Rechargeable batteries like NiCd (low capacity) and NiMH (much better capacity, but still less than alkaline) give 1.2 V out. This is OK most of the time. For devices that need high current like a handheld printer, rechargeable 10 to not give out enough current. The problem comes with different types of lithium batteries, they give somewhere between 3.6 and 3.9 V. If you put four of those in a row instead of 6 V, you will have 14.4-15.6 V. This will probably fry your device. Rechargeable lithium batteries really shine when they are built into the device. Most of these can also be made to be exchanged. The devices that we build in the company where I work, the rechargeable lithium ion battery usually outlives the device itself. If for some reason it doesn’t, it has a connector on it so it’s just plug and play.
@patrickmckowen2999
11 күн бұрын
Very interesting 👍
@lindseyhatfield9017
11 күн бұрын
I would like to know about the space requirements and the cost to run ? A Big Battery system takes a fair amount of space and there is "Basic" maintenance and safety work to keep it going, what about a similar capacity compressed air ? In Australia we are building a new Big Battery in Melbourne 1.2GW/2.4GWh on a 90Hectare site
@bvspecials
12 күн бұрын
I live in the Netherlands and still get your video's in English, i tested the dutch, but didn't like it and went back to originaliteit without any problem
@aussie405
11 күн бұрын
There is problem with cheap batteries in vapes causing fires at recycling centres.
@vevenaneathna
Күн бұрын
you can buy AA and AAA sized batteries that are LFP and have basically the same energy density as alkaline but use double the voltage. you have to jam a spacer in one of the contacts usually and for now I have to manually charge them with a benchtop power supply, but theyre basically rechargeable AA's that will never wear out. the lithium ion batteries that have usb ports are garbage coz they use a buck boost, have poor round trip efficency, have weird ocilation issues like with audio equipment there is a buzz, usually have parasitic drain, and only have like 15-20% the energy density. i get them from china and the brand name is like soshine or something. dirt cheap, cheaper than alkaline batteries in the store lol
@dalton6173
11 күн бұрын
While I do understand that there is plenty of content especially every day that passes in pretty much any major language that is on the internet... 1. English - Around 60% 2. Chinese - 15-20% 3. Spanish- 8-10% 4. Arabic - 5-6% 5. Portuguese - 3-4% 6. Indonesian/Malay- 2-3% 7. French - 2-3% 8. Japanese- 2% 9. Russian - 2% 10 German - 1-2% (according to gpt) So it would make since that the more of that language on the internet the more places they could collect data from to make them better. Granted that means they should have just released it in the top three or four languages on the internet which would be extremely helpful and they could have easily said, hey there just isn't enough of those languages in the internet. Although we have decided X million to help put historical documents/books/other content online in those languages to one give people in those areas and information boom but to also jump start the ability to translate into them more accurately using these new technologies. It would be barley seed money, I am sure a few million could cover a lot of scanning of old libraries... Even if it is older version of the language if it is shown a reasonable amount of modern text with the information of when it was created, the it can follow the evolution of languages too.
@svenmueller
11 күн бұрын
I wish it would actually default to my language. On my Chromecast with Google TV, it turns on CC kinda randomly all the time (I set it to no CC) and what's worse: it turns it on with random languages, Italian, Korean, Spanish,... If I get lucky, it's German or English....
@outbackev-hunter6035
4 күн бұрын
Acctually the Li-on AA and AAA are 3.7 v so not so interchangeable...need nickleMetal Hydride at 1.2v Regarding powertool batteries, there are lots of adapters for 18v, etc, and even 3d print your own?! see tingyverse.. also there's is a conglomerates of honda gogoro, etc making common 5kwh bike swap batteries... For tech jumps see India and Bangladesh for Dc VPPs
@fostena
11 күн бұрын
I am italian, but due to several American platforms, apps and sites doing this terrible auto-translations, now my computer, phones, and all my accounts are set in english.
@chlistens7742
12 күн бұрын
I have seen some people who release multiple videos.. one "English" or Japanese or Korean and then a second on as multi lingual. I do not know what it would do to your views or release schedule or whatever.
@x_maut_x
7 күн бұрын
try nvidia riva or custom translator model
@flutieflambert
12 күн бұрын
Adding heat to compressed air doesn’t release energy, it IS the energy. There is no stored energy in compressed air. The energy is the heat and compressing air releases that heat energy, it doesn’t store it. All compressed air batteries are thermal batteries, or they aren’t batteries. In other words, if you don’t store the released heat when you compress air, you have failed to store the energy.
@brendoncummins2762
11 күн бұрын
Universal 40v... 3000amp(exaggeration)! too bad for your leaf blower...
@dalton6173
11 күн бұрын
Here is chat GPT's take on The small scale use of compressed air batteries over the next 60 years expressed in a percentage chance. Here’s a rough estimate of the likelihood that compressed air energy storage (CAES) will become feasible on a much smaller scale over different timeframes: - **Next 5 years**: 5-10% - Limited to niche applications or early experimental models. No major breakthroughs expected. - **Next 10 years**: 15-20% - Some advancements could make small-scale CAES more viable for specific uses, but it likely won't be widespread yet. - **Next 20 years**: 30-40% - New materials and technology might improve efficiency and cost, making small-scale CAES practical for certain markets. - **Next 30 years**: 50-60% - Moderate chance of adoption for specific uses, especially with advancements in energy efficiency and heat management. - **Next 40 years**: 70-80% - Significant likelihood, as technology evolves and scales down further. Small-scale CAES could be more common. - **Next 50 years**: 85-90% - Most likely to be practical for many small-scale applications, especially with ongoing advancements in energy storage technologies. - **Next 60 years**: 90-95% - Highly likely that small-scale CAES will be efficient, cost-effective, and used for various purposes alongside other energy storage solutions. Take that as you will. 😅
@dalton6173
11 күн бұрын
I mean headphones do recharge.
@thatadde
11 күн бұрын
I had a friend passionate about history painstakingly translate videos from The Great War in french back in 2015 for his father that didn't speak any english back when community captions were a thing. He was frustrated even back then because some videos had french subtitles already but they were full of mistakes and didn't understand the material covered. It smelled of a google translation or some french guy removed from the context of the video, just listening to the audio and translating word by word basically. For whatever reason it supplanted the work he did and just prevented him from getting the correct captions. There were problems even back then and eventually they just deleted the feature instead of fixing it, like allowing multiple captions or... anything really. Quite Google like in hindsight. I have no faith in whatever they're trying to do here, they have repeatedly shown they have no idea what they're doing and what enthusiasts are looking for. Maybe I'm out of touch compared to the lowest common denominator that just wants to mindlessly consume videos in their language, I get that, but it's not like I don't get to complain just because I'm in the minority.
@gregbailey45
3 күн бұрын
Re MVP, why wouldn't they let the listener/viewer choose the language they prefer? Forcing them to listen in the local language seems ridiculous!
@dalton6173
11 күн бұрын
Hopefully you won't have a lawn mower in 10 years. Hopefully in 10 years everyone has yards that are actually healthy for the environment and not just look nice. Hopefully they can look nice and to be environmentally conscious.
@ThomasPrikowitsch
11 күн бұрын
i am not struggeling with the translation, but i always switch to english because the translation is poor and the jokes and wordplay is totally lost in translation
@fjrdbnkr
11 күн бұрын
Yes , ditch de dubbing! its terrible! .. worst is that when you AirPlay it to Apple TV you can't force it to English no matter what I do!
@williampisano7573
11 күн бұрын
Stop 🛑 talking about energy storage and start talking about a power line run to Australia 🇦🇺 to America 🇺🇸 to Europe. Install solar because it’s the cheapest power plant to build problem solved !!!!! We already have billions of miles of Uber sea cable for inter it is time for power cables
@williampisano7573
11 күн бұрын
We can finally prove the earth 🌍 is round lol 😂
@williampisano7573
11 күн бұрын
We would only need 5-10% battery 🔋 storage to stabilize grid
@himdel
11 күн бұрын
Dubbing .. I'd say don't do it until google fixes their UI. Just because I live somewhere doesn't mean I speak the language. It's good enough heuristics for ads because ads get arguably better if you don't understand them, but it's a terrible heuristic for a preferred language, especially in a world where every browser already has a preferred language setting. And hell, you always lose something in the translation. I don't even read translated books when I know the original language, why would I want to do that to videos? Great for kids though.
@CC-iq2pe
11 күн бұрын
With the new tech being produced to scale, it is cheaper and faster to implement the new tech than to bother considering the old.
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