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PoliticAverse

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5. Capacitors have always excelled in the fast discharge area, the reason we have batteries

Reply to Gregorian (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 09:23 PM

Dec 2012

powering everything is their lower cost and higher energy density.

If your electric car requires 10,000 lbs of super capacitors it's not going to matter so much that the
car can be fully recharged in 1 minute.

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Hhmm wonder donco Dec 2012 #1

One of these? DeSwiss Dec 2012 #9

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De nada. DeSwiss Dec 2012 #8

So what's the energy density of their supercapacitors compared to rechargeable batteries ? PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #3

Apples and oranges. One is meant for fast discharge. Gregorian Dec 2012 #4

Capacitors have always excelled in the fast discharge area, the reason we have batteries PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #5

Reading is fundamental. DeSwiss Dec 2012 #7

Yes I had read that, and I stand by my desire that the film contained some more info with the whiz. PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #10

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GE Pleeeeease! 02potato Dec 2012 #12

Because this is attached to GE, I would not expect to see this technology any time soon. liberal N proud Dec 2012 #13

yup, me neither. IF it works as shown they will reserve them to power the... stlsaxman Dec 2012 #15

It's things like this that keep me from sliding into a bottomless spiral of despair. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #14