Storing Energy: Watt does the Future Hold?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, should your house have a battery, the abandoned gold mine that's now pumping out power, and will your fridge talk to the grid in future to better manage your energy consumption? Continuing our theme of alternative energy, we turn to the questions of energy distribution and storage. Plus, why tyres may be worse for your health than exhaust emissions, will the 4-day working week work, samples from an early asteroid, and where chickens came from... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:02.8	I'm so genius.
0:04.0	Get this.
0:04.8	Welcome.
0:05.8	This is the show where we bring science.
0:07.8	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:09.8	advances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:13.2	Without further ado, this is the Naked Scientists.
0:16.8	Hello and welcome to the Naked Scientists.
0:18.9	This is the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine. I'm Chris Smith.
0:24.3	And I'm Julia Ravi. Coming up, news of why tires are potentially worse polluters than
0:30.1	exhaust pipes. Will the four-day working working week work a trial has kicked off this
0:34.8	week to find out and archaeologists uncover the true age of the domestic chicken.
0:40.3	Plus we continue our analysis of alternative energy solutions. The abandoned
0:45.9	Australian mine that's now a power station, our domestic batteries, a good
0:50.0	investment and why your washing machine needs to talk to the national grid.
0:54.2	Stick around to find out why. Bad air sits at the top of the league tables as a leading cause of ill health
1:08.1	internationally and a lot of air pollution stems from road traffic.
1:12.4	Notoriously it's the fine particles A lot of air pollution stems from road traffic.
1:12.9	Notoriously, it's the fine particles in exhaust smoke
1:16.3	that are responsible.
1:17.9	In recent years, though, significant pressure
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