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A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries
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this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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I wonder if we will get to a point where capacitor batteries will be too good.
Can you image a small issue leading to an entire instantaneous energy dump of a large capacity capacitor while on an airplane?
Make me wonder if we will limit how fast a capacitor can discharge in some consumer goods.
We already do with resistors.
And fuses and breakers
Yeah. Good thing we don’t fill up planes with flammable material today!
/s
I think we have more pressing issues in certain airplanes at the moment, but that's a good point.
Can't blow up the plane if it falls apart first