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|item1 = | |item1 = By weight the most prevalent element in current production lithium ion batteries is nickel, followed by cobalt, and then lithium. | ||
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|link1title = | |link1title = Lithium battery reusing and recycling: A circular economy insight | ||
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|item2 = | |item2 = A recent analysis concludes that the world will not be able to mine enough copper to make the green transition between now and 2050. | ||
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|link2title = | |link2title = Copper can't be mined fast enough to electrify the US | ||
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|item3 = | |item3 = A new study finds that extracting lithium from shale wastewater in Pennsylvania could produce 40% of current annual US demand. | ||
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| SGU Episode 984 |
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| May 18th 2024 |
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"Researchers utilize Nvidia’s Eureka platform, a human-level reward design algorithm, to train a quadruped robot to balance and walk on top of a yoga ball." [1] |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
Science is the only self-correcting human institution, but it also is a process that progresses only by falsification. |
Allan Sandage, American astronomer |
| Links |
| Download Podcast |
| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction, aurora viewing from solar CME
Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
Special Report: Steorn Free Energy Update (3:42)
- [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] [2]
News Items
S:
B:
C:
J:
E:
(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Chat GPT 4o (15:42)
- Hello GPT-4o [4]
(Note: this article is not from the SGU show notes page)
2023 hottest summer in 2000 years (31:06)
Spotting Misinformation (40:33)
AI Training Robots (48:38)
B: ...like giving a meatball for a reward.
Reincarnated Son of Buddha (59:59)
Who's That Noisy? (1:07:56)
New Noisy (1:12:20)
[Rapid mechanical whirring]
J:...If you know the sound this week
Announcements (1:13:07)
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:15:18)
Email #1: Protecting Bigfoot
Science or Fiction (1:20:43)
Theme: Battery materials
Item #1: By weight the most prevalent element in current production lithium ion batteries is nickel, followed by cobalt, and then lithium.[8]
Item #2: A recent analysis concludes that the world will not be able to mine enough copper to make the green transition between now and 2050.[9]
Item #3: A new study finds that extracting lithium from shale wastewater in Pennsylvania could produce 40% of current annual US demand.[10]
| Answer | Item |
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| Fiction | Lithium third-most prevalent |
| Science | Not enough copper to mine |
| Science | Lithium from shale wastewater |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | clever |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Evan | Not enough copper to mine |
Bob | Lithium from shale wastewater |
Jay | Lithium third-most prevalent |
Cara | Lithium third-most prevalent |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Evan's Response
Bob's Response
Jay's Response
Cara's Response
Steve Explains Item #3
Steve Explains Item #2
Steve Explains Item #1
Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:37:55)
Science is the only self-correcting human institution, but it also is a process that progresses only by showing itself to be wrong.
– Allan Sandage (1926-2010), American astronomer
Signoff
S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.
S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.
Today I Learned
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[11]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interesting Engineering: Nvidia's Eureka helps robot dog perfect yoga ball balance
- ↑ [url_from_show_notes _publication_: _article_title_]
- ↑ AI-PRO.org: AI Chat Using GPT 4o Power
- ↑ OpenAI: Hello GPT-4o
- ↑ Live Science: Tree rings reveal summer 2023 was the hottest in 2 millennia
- ↑ Neurologica: Spotting Misinformation
- ↑ Bangkok Post: Complaint against 'reincarnated son' of Lord Buddha
- ↑ Heliyon: Lithium battery reusing and recycling: A circular economy insight
- ↑ University of Michigan: Copper can't be mined fast enough to electrify the US
- ↑ Nature: Estimates of lithium mass yields from produced water sourced from the Devonian-aged Marcellus Shale
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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