The Future of the Automobile: Diamond Nuclear Batteries #diamondbattery
I’m continuing my series on cars and technology that I started a while ago but never really caught on. In the series I’ll be talking about the latest technological developments and how they might affect/benefit cars in the future.
Here’s the first part of the series talking about algae fuel if you’re interested: https://naturehealth.fit/post/n4zl6bp/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3Caside%3E%3Cdiv class="block">
Now to talk about magical radioactive engagement rings that could one day, power your car…
How does it work?
- Get radioactive carbon-14 and burn it to turn it into a gas
- Collect the gas and encapsulate it into a man-made diamond
- Coat the radioactive battery with a non radioactive diamond layer to make it safe to use.
The Pros and Cons
The pros of radioactive batteries are that:
- It lasts a hella long time. The half life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years(!) What this means for us is that we will have batteries that will outlive us, our children, our grandchildren, and probably 50 more generations until the batteries are dead (Take that Energizer Bunny!)
- It poses no radiation risks. Since the battery is covered by a layer of diamond, there is no radiation emitted. Diamond is the hardest substance known to man, there is literally no better protection than a diamond coating. Plus, the level of radiation is less than that of a single banana. So unless you are paranoid of developing cancer from eating bananas, you should be just fine.
- It recycles radioactive waste. Carbon-14 is used in nuclear reactors to stabilize reactions so a large part of nuclear waste is Carbon-14. By reusing it at a large industrial scale, imagine how much nuclear waste can be removed and repurposed.
- It does not produce much power….. yet. Though the batteries last for a long time, with our current technology we cannot produce much voltage with diamond batteries. So until we can find ways to catalyze (speed up) the breakdown of carbon-14 to increase the energy output, this will limit the tech to low powered electronics, for now.
- It’s expensive. Diamonds, even artificial diamonds, are not very cheap. But I’m sure costs will drop as diamond making methods are refined and the long term benefits make it the best value for money technically speaking.
- It’s potentially heavy. In small scale, such as pacemakers and watches, this wouldn’t be an issue but in the future if batteries become utilized in bigger applications such as machinery and cars this might pose an engineering issue.
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Excellent post! I am curious as to what reaction is the main power source which receives the diamond covering. Also, is this a steam powered generator creating the current or something else.
No, it’s just electricity given by the radiation coming off the radioactive diamond
And thank you :)
Dude, I got an alternative: MOISSANITE. Moissanite is EXACTLY like Diamond (they’re both Carbon-based), just slightly less strong (9.2 on Moh’s scale), cheaper, and shinier. That could be used rather than Diamonds.
But anyway, good post! The potential is limitless for these engines.
Interesting idea but I believe it’s easier for carbon-14 to be bonded to diamond, which is basically just carbon. But it’d be possible to use as a coating :)
Very interesting. And thankfully electric cars aren’t the future lol
Sounds interesting. Maybe we’ll have superlight high performance wireless mice that don’t need recharging for years!
Great post! These seem like a technology that has a lot of potential in the long run!
Amazing post! I’ve been gone from CT for a while and it’s nice to see these kinds of posts again instead of a bunch of kids arguing about cars.
Amazing post! Very well-explained!
wait how is this not editors pick .-.
Amazing post! it was very interesting.