2D: The Battery Problem Follow-up 4

Follow up (Part D) to The Battery Problem where John addresses some more follow up about Flywheels as a form of energy storage, the challenge of disposing of or recycling dead solar panels in 40 years and realistic expectations of DC efficiency.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

Related Links:

• Flywheel Energy Storage
• Drag
• High-temperature superconductivity
• Leidenfrost effect
• Flywheels: Reinventing the wheel | The Economist
• Solar System Design – Tech Distortion
• Recycling Methods for Used Photovoltaic Panels | WaterShed at the University of Maryland | U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011
• Aluminium recycling
• Glass recycling
• Dielectric Testing (PDF)
• IEEE Smart Grid Experts Roundup: AC vs. DC Power - IEEE Smart Grid
• DC-to-DC converter
• AC Adaptor

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