"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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Another potential disruptive technology converts simple radioactive decay
directly into electricity. These devices are generally considered as safe as
the smoke detectors you have at home. Add them to Dr. Yi's nanowire lithiums
and they will slowly charge themselves - for 20 years or so. Just put your
electric glider in its trailer and next weekend, it's charged up ready to go.

Actually, electrical generators powered by radioactive decay have been around
for at least 50 years. That said, the chemical reaction you suggest might
represent an improvement on the concept. Of course, any chance the common man
ever had to possess and use radioactive materials to generate power (slim to
none at best) totally disappeared on 9/1/01, so this is unlikely to ever be a
deal changer.

Vaughn