Southern California Public Power Authority includes L.A. DWP and Glendale
A huge $2 billion solar + storage project in California powers up
2025-08-14 $2B Solar + Storage Project Starts Up In California
2025-08-13 New Levitation Effect With Spinning Magnet
Actual levitation using magnet spinning at 10,000 RPM
2025-08-13 CATL Produces Naxtra Sodium Ion Batteries Nearly As Good As LFP Batteries
Matt ‘Undecided’ Farrell YT Channel
From print OCR Quote: “”The first production under the Naxtra brand will be of a new sodium-ion battery with an energy density of 175 watt-hours per kilogram, nearly equivalent to the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries popularly used in electric vehicles and grid energy storage systems.
Sodium-ion batteries may have a cost advantage over lithium-ion batteries as the technology and supply chain develop, said Ouyang Chuying, co-president for R&D at CATL
CATL’s billionaire founder Robin Zeng has said he sees sodium-ion batteries potentially replacing up to half the market for LFP batteries that CATL now dominates.
Besides Naxtra, CATL also launched the second generation of its Shenxing fast-charging battery, which it said can enable a 520 km driving range with a five-minute charge, and reach 80% charging from 0% in 15 minutes in cold weather.
More than 67 new electric vehicle models will be powered by the Shenxing battery this year, said CATL’s Chief Technology Officer Gao Huan at an event in Shanghai, without specifying how many would be equipped with the first or second generation version.””
According to another YouTube channel (Electrified IIRC) the Naxtra batteries also have lithium ion cells in them so they are hybrid, both sodium and lithium.
2025-08-12 How To Turn Mercury Into Gold
Marathon Fusion will add mercury-198 to the blanket in the fusion reactor.
“”When a fast neutron hits a mercury-198 atom it absorbs it and releases two more neutrons in its place in an N-2N Reaction, producing mercury-197. Mercury-197 is an unstable isotope that undergoes Beta minus decay. Over roughly 64 hours one of its neutrons transforms into a proton, releasing an electron and antineutrino, and turning the atom into gold-197, the stable form of gold found in nature.
… simulations show that a 1 Gigawatt fusion plant could crank out 5000 kilograms of gold per year, potentially doubling the plant’s revenue.””
2025-08-12 DIY Rocket Engine!
OMG!
https://www.facebook.com/TheBackyardScientistOfficial/videos/970125545097522/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Here’s how to make rocket fuel
https://www.facebook.com/TheKingOfRandom/videos/3916373305264694/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-08-11
Google Streetview Of IRWD Aqueduct In Irvine Park Where It Is Above Ground
2025-08-11
Google Streetview of IRWD aqueduct in Irvine Park where it is above ground.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/sNDKuLdoQ9gGCadM7
2025-08-11 Lithium Battery Recycling Facility Has 97% Yield
It’s a good article.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/97-battery-recycling-yield-us-facility-turns-old-lithium-devices-into-new-energy-systems?utm_source=facebook%2Cinstagram%2Clinkedin%2Ctwitter&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMHJZdjbGNrAwchlWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEezQp2WjbKT1uD0Tb5iS3tyEEpA3Ap4mpcw2vI4xdwGcDi0juYhkxqynS8cEg_aem_o0I0NsmDrms0HakPlfVCIA
2025-08-10 Night Light Wastes Power Shunting Current From LEDs
This is the comment I left in Big Clive’s channel video.
“I think this shunting current away from the LEDs is deceptive and fraudulent. They should be required to tell this in the instructions. In the US there are regulations governing vampire devices such as the AC adapters and their efficiency levels. Since they’re on 24 / 7, they consume a huge amount of power even though the equipment that they power is turned off. These night lights are no different, they’re stealing a watt and wasting power heating up those two 1 watt resistors. These lights should be included in the efficiency regulations for the same reasons that the regulations were made for: these lights are vampire devices just like wall warts.
2025-08-10 Creating Hydrogen Without Water In Atacama Desert
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