Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

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13. What absurd joke?

A century ago, my mother was 4 years old. She would have been expected to feed the chickens, gather the eggs, and carry out the ashes from both fireplace and kitchen stove. Her mother would have heard of telephones and electric lights, but she probably didn't see the need for them. Her house was lighted by "coal oil" ( kerosene ) lamps a couple hours before dawn and a couple hours after sunset. If someone showed up with tales of some pocket-sized device that would permit instant communication with people on the other side of the world while also providing instant access to world-class encyclopedias and all major news sources, she might have encouraged them to leave the premises at the business end of a 10 gauge shotgun.

If the general public can get over its irrational fear of nuclear reactors, we might get back on track with their development.