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Mixed emotions on this. Happy that Na can replace Li in batteries because of the availability, but not pleased with the source of the technology...

Why China Could Dominate the Next Big Advance in Batteries​

China is far ahead of the rest of the world in the development of batteries that use sodium, which are starting to compete with ubiquitous lithium power cells.

In Changsha, deep in China’s interior, thousands of chemists, engineers and manufacturing workers are shaping the future of batteries.

The city’s Central South University churns out the graduates who are advancing the technology, much as Stanford University molded the careers of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who pioneered microchips. Across the Xiang River, vast factories mix minerals into the highly processed compounds that make rechargeable batteries possible.

These batteries, mostly made of lithium, have powered the rise of cellphones and other consumer electronics. They are transforming the auto industry and could soon start doing the same for solar panels and wind turbines crucial in the fight against climate change. China dominates their chemical refining and production.

Now China is positioning itself to command the next big innovation in rechargeable batteries: replacing lithium with sodium, a far cheaper and more abundant material.

Sodium, found all over the world as part of salt, sells for 1 to 3 percent of the price of lithium and is chemically very similar. Recent breakthroughs mean that sodium batteries can now be recharged daily for years, chipping away at a key advantage of lithium batteries. The energy capacity of sodium batteries has also increased.


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$155,000 a Year

NYC Rat Czar Will Make $155,000 a Year, Mayor Eric Adams Says - Bloomberg.4 hours ago

‘A job that’s made for her’: Mayor Adams appoints NYC’s new rat czar​


Mayor Eric Adams speaks during NYPD announcement of deployment of innovative technologies on Times Square


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DUAL BOMBSHELLS: Local NJ Police Chiefs Charged In Sex Cases​

Jerry DeMarco
04/12/2023 3:38 p.m.
LEFT: Howell Township Police Chief Andrew Kudrick / MIDDLE: NJ Attorney General Matthew Platkin / RIGHT: Suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst
LEFT: Howell Township Police Chief Andrew Kudrick / MIDDLE: NJ Attorney General Matthew Platkin / RIGHT: Suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst Photo Credit: BACKGROUND: NJAG / LEFT: Howell Township / RIGHT: Borough of Manville
Two New Jersey police chiefs – one retired, the other suspended – are separately charged as sexual predators within their departments.
Suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst continued a pattern of “sexually predatory behavior targeting multiple women over many years,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in announcing the charges on Wednesday, April 12.
One victim who worked for the department was sexually assaulted by Herbst both at headquarters and at her home, the attorney general said.
Former Howell Township Police Chief Andrew Kudrick, meanwhile, “had an extramarital affair and took steps to conceal it,” Platkin said.
Kudrick lied to township officials about the affair and “threatened to launch an improper internal affairs investigation” of a captain who called him on it, the attorney general said.
Both men, Platkin said, “preyed on those less powerful than they are and tried to cover it up.”
Their female victims, in turn, were “under enormous pressure to remain silent” and were “forced to live in fear of the men who are there to protect them,” he said.
Hebst and Kudrick “misused their rank and power for personal benefit,” said Thomas Eichler, the executive director of Platkin’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, which is heading the investigations of both men.
 
Chinacat said:
Hell, I'll do it for $140K8-)???
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Most of us would do it for $140K + bennys. And the best part is when it doesn't work we can bit¢# that we're underfunded and understaffed and they'll give us even more money to hire our friends and family to not work.

Gotta love how the govt works. Or doesn't. ?
 
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