| That's lovely, but if this is not even effective communication. Very frustrating that the article entirely fails to provide key information about its main topic - batteries. They even fail to provide even rough order-of magnitude values. How much energy can it store, i.e., the energy density (watt-hours per kilogram or equivalent measure)? How much power can it put out per unit mass (watts per kilogram or equivalent measure)? What level of cost (e.g., dollars per kilogram) are we talking about? Sure, they talk about some new feature, but without at least a rough order of magnitude on these key parameters, we cannot even guess at what will be the valid applications. For example, a battery with a very modest energy & power density but really cheap will be worthless for transport or airborne applications but may be great for fixed storage, and many other combinations. But with only highlighting some new feature in isolation, the only possible audience is ignorant enthusiasts, who we hope are not making policy. I used to be really enthusiastic about most new battery tech articles, but at this point, if they fail to even mention one of those three parameters, it looks to me just like clickbait or spam. |