NASA’s incredible new solid-state battery pushes the boundaries of energy storage: ‘This could revolutionize air travel’::“We’re starting to approach this new frontier of battery research."

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    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t this benefit everyone? Presumably the implications are far wider and more important than who makes the most profit from it.

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      1 year ago

      Then why shouldn’t “everyone” be funding it??

      Funny how the same people who (rightfully so) complain about privatizing profits but socializing risks, don’t see a problem with research that will benefit everyone should maybe also be funded by everyone.

      If one group is funding that research, then you better believe they should be the ones who overwhelmingly see it’s benefits.

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        1 year ago

        Japanese government has a huge investment in battery tech alongside toyota and other Japanese companies. Solely to boost their economy in the long term

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          1 year ago

          Yeah when other countries do it, it is seen as a smart move to help their country and employ their own people for years to come.

          When the US does it, it is somehow demonized as being “nationalist” or labeled as being greedy capitalism or some other negative term.

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            1 year ago

            You know you have the top comment right now, right? I think most everyone agrees that the US should be seeing the benefits of its publicly funded research - except some buttsore Europeans who will never miss an opportunity to piss on / armchair general the US.

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              1 year ago

              Not that I care about internet points, but I have a -3, so if that is the “top comment” then how badly downvoted are all the other posts?! LOL

              And I know a bunch of Europeans will be a little bitter, but the worst are fellow Americans who have this angry anti-American chip on their shoulder. I’ll be the first to say that we need to fix this, that and the other thing, but there is a ridiculous anti-American sentiment out there that covers anything and everything dealing with the US. You can hate on politicians like Trump - guess what, so do it! - but they do not represent the US and what the US can be.