According to Lenin "Socialism is the Soviet power plus electrification of the whole country." So we now have another socialist revolution. (The first relied on the dynamic provision of electricity from the Power Stations.) The current one is based on the battery which powers our newly mobile lifestyle - pacemakers - hearing aids - watches - mobile phones - computers - cars!
However, aren't we are always told that the limiting factor is battery technology? Our cars will will need to be recharged every night. Our laptops and cellphones run out of juice just when we need them. So for how long can a battery run? a day, a month, a year?
So here's a reminder from Willem Hackmann concerning the longevity of batteries which I heard in a lecture about "Science in Oxford".
170 years! and still going strong. "The collection of the Clarendon Laboratory in Oxford possesses a remarkable instrument that has been ringing almost continuously since it was purchased fromWatkins & Hill of London in 1840."
170 years! and still going strong. "The collection of the Clarendon Laboratory in Oxford possesses a remarkable instrument that has been ringing almost continuously since it was purchased fromWatkins & Hill of London in 1840."
