Lithium-ion battery makers awarded nobel prize

[Dan]

Creators Of The Lithium Battery Win The 2019 Nobel Prize In Chemistry

Creators Of The Lithium Battery Win The 2019 Nobel Prize In Chemistry

www.iflscience.com

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries in the 1970s and 1980s.

In the press conference, the Nobel committee stressed how revolutionary this technology was and how it enables us to enjoy the freedom of portable devices – from mobile phones and laptops to electric cars and spacecraft – that we can simply recharge by plugging into the mains.

 

[Devonchris]

Stanley whittingham is British, born in Nottingham, Oxford education, and helped develop the lithium-ion battery while working for Exxonmobil, one of the world's biggest oil companies, in the 70's.

So according to the swedes, who like to consider themselves a very "woke" nation, big oil is not all bad.

 

[Dan]

It's not all good though either.

Apparently nearly all Nobel prize winners worked on their projects for the USA. And nearly all are white men.

So the prize itself isn't a brilliant accolade maybe.
The work was still all done regardless mind so they should be credited for that alone.

 

[Zerax]

Dan... could you please explain why "nearly all are white men" is an issue ?

 

[Darkwood]

Zerax ... I think you misinterpreted his comment, you seem to have read it totally a different way to how it was posted.

 

[Dan]

Dan... could you please explain why "nearly all are white men" is an issue ?

Because white males (like myself) have it easier than women, or black men, when it comes to just about anything from being promoted in a job, not killed in a jail, and even being awarded nobel prizes.

Got a problem with me pointing out that?

 

[Lister1987]

Saw this on my Google Feed, would be interesting to see if it becomes the next source of mobile power, A "Li-ion tamer" if you will....

Father-of-eight invents an electric car battery

British engineer and former Royal Navy officer Trevor Jackson, signed a multi-million-pound deal to start manufacturing the battery on a large scale in the UK.

www.dailymail.co.uk

....I'll get my coat

 

[Dan]

Love it lol

 

[ackbarthestar]

It's not all good though either.

Apparently nearly all Nobel prize winners worked on their projects for the USA. And nearly all are white men.

So the prize itself isn't a brilliant accolade maybe.
The work was still all done regardless mind so they should be credited for that alone.

I think the Nobel Prize was initiated to eleviate the guilt that Alfred must have experienced through the developement of Nitroglycerin and later adapted to a safer, a chemically stable product Dynamite!
It also has been used to reduce angina and increase blood flow to the heart when experiencing an attack.
Kaboom

 

[telectrix]

he shoulkd not feel guilty. nitro and dynamite is the friend of coal miners, gold diggers and bank robbers.

 

[ackbarthestar]

he shoulkd not feel guilty. nitro and dynamite is the friend of coal miners, gold diggers and bank robbers.

Actually, checking my info, it appears that some Itlian discovered Nitroglycerine by adding glycerin to concerntrated acids 120 years earlier, although very unstable and not very useful unless you wanted to blow yourself apart.
Do Bank robbers still use 'gelly'? Its much safer to become an investment banker or a CEO of a commodities company, you can then help yourself to unusually large bonuses each year with the backing of the investors.... and only appear at parliamentry select committees for a slap on the wrist if you get caught.

 

[Kidsolo]

Because white males (like myself) have it easier than women, or black men, when it comes to just about anything from being promoted in a job, not killed in a jail, and even being awarded nobel prizes.

Can you get me up to speed on the %% of blacks, females and the lgbtqia crowd that need to be put on the podium every time an award is given?
It's getting harder to keep up with this PC -------- without someone getting offended.

Congratulations to the winners, regardless of race, gender or sexual preference.