Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 145: "The Amazing, Confusing, Explosive Miracle of Lithium Ion Batteries"
This is the bonus show for Episode 145! (Batteries)
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of a new-ish battery type that's changed (and scared) the world.
RESEARCH SOURCES:
As electric vehicles take off, we'll need to recycle their batteries (National Geographic)
Lithium 101 (National Geographic / YouTube)
Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future by James Morton Turner
Can South America Take Advantage of the Lithium Boom? (Foreign Policy)
Chile plans to nationalize its vast lithium industry (Reuters)
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 (NobelPrize.org)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for work on lithium ion batteries that ‘revolutionized our lives’ (CNN)
Lithium-ion battery fires are happening more often. Here’s how to prevent them (CNN Business)
When Your Amazon Purchase Explodes (The Atlantic)
FAA bans passengers from turning on Samsung Galaxy Note 7s in flight (The Verge)
US announces ban on transporting lithium ion batteries as cargo on passenger flights (The Verge)
Forget Tesla and Electric Cars. E-Bikes Are the Future of Transportation. (The Daily Beast)
Why Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Explode? (HowToGeek.com)
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