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Plastic Batteries Coming Soon?
Roland Piquepaille writes "Engineers at Brown University have built a prototype of a hybrid plastic battery that uses a conductive polymer. The system, which marries the power of a capacitor with the storage capacity of a battery, can store and deliver power efficiently. For example, during performance testing, 'it delivered more than 100 times the power of a standard alkaline battery.' Still, it's unlikely that such a device can appear on the market before several years."
Aren't these companies in the business of making better cars too? Sure that Magic Carburator doesn't exist. But you know what? Maybe they ought to make it exist. They can put billions of dollars into designs for cars, why not work on making the individual parts better while they're at it? The fact is, they don't want to make it better, because that means people won't buy as many cars. The industry's position is always the worst for the customer.