 Practical Investment Analysis for the New Energy EconomyGraphene Batteries, A Big Fraud?Dear Reader, Perhaps you’ve been seeing graphene batteries popping up all over the internet. If you haven’t, go ahead and google it, and you’ll be amazed. You can get a graphene battery for your cordless drill, for your leaf blower and even one for your car. They’re not cheap, with a 12.8V automotive-style unit going for over $1200. But examine the casing and you’ll see the word ‘graphene’ in big, eye-catching, mouth-watering lettering.
For many consumers, that one word may be enough to warrant the investment because, after all, it’s graphene. And as we’ve been conditioned to believe over the last decade or so, anything graphene is nothing short of magical. Or is it? Look at the same battery a bit more closely, and you’ll notice a couple more words that may raise an eyebrow: "Lithium Iron Phosphate". It's Not A Lie... But It's Also Not What You Assume Lithium? But I thought this was a next-generation graphene battery with incredible performance characteristics and unprecedented durability. The truth is that this pricey offering isn’t exactly what the cover story might lead you to assume. There is graphene inside this battery. That much is true. Without it, the company behind this item would be guilty of false advertising and in our consumer-driven society, that’s a major no-no. So what gives? Well, while there is graphene in the battery, graphene is not the chief material of the battery’s core components. The parts of the battery which make electrons flow, known as the anode and cathode, are still primarily lithium-based, even if they are supplemented by graphene additives to increase conductivity. Another area where you'll see graphene is heat management. Elon: Tesla is a Robotics Company Now Elon Musk's new plan for Tesla's future has nothing to do with electric cars... TechRadar reports it "will blow your mind..." McKinsey says it "will shape the coming decade."
We recently got our hands on a video clip detailing this breakthrough. When Graphene Batteries Are Actually Lithium-Based And that makes plenty of sense, as graphene is the most efficient conductor of heat known to man. That extra bit of heat resistance allows the battery to operate more efficiently and last for more charge cycles. What these enhancements don't do is deliver the game-changing performance that we expect from products made of the world’s first mass-produced nanostructure. Sadly, in our advertising-obsessed world, that is the truth about all currently available 'graphene’ batteries. They’re all mostly the same lithium-Ion and Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, only with graphene add-ons to create incremental improvements. A true graphene battery, which features graphene in place of lithium in the core elements, remains unavailable… But that may soon change. Right now, an Australian company based in the coastal city of Brisbane, is getting very close to commercializing a lithium-free, graphene-based battery that does deliver on all the promises. New Oil Drilling Innovation Unlocks Texas-Size Nestled in Texas' Permian Basin is a secret that’s about to turn the oil industry on its head... A small firm has developed a new drilling method that puts fracking to shame. It could DOUBLE domestic oil production and transform America into the world’s No. 1 oil superpower. See the full story behind this firm’s breakthrough "Horseshoe Well." The Real Deal Is Coming Soon And as expected, the performance figures are on another level altogether. Not incremental improvements, but huge leaps in operational performance including charge capacity 3-5 times greater than lithium-ion equivalents, a similarly improved service life, and charge speeds of up to 70x that of today’s standard. Putting that in practical terms, imagine charging your electric vehicle once per month for less time than it takes to pump a tank of gas, and never worrying about having to service or replace the battery pack. It will literally outlast the rest of the car. That’s what graphene’s true effect on the battery industry can be, and likely will be, once these batteries begin appearing in consumer goods perhaps as early as this year. Now, with such a product on their hands, you’d expect this Australian company to be a multi-billion dollar powerhouse ready to take on the Chinese-dominated battery industry. Will This Innovation Kill A $250B/Year Industry? That’s where you’ll be surprised. This company is barely a blip on the radar right now, with a market capitalization of less than $50M (USD) and shares trading for less than $1. Nevertheless, the company is developed enough to make all their graphene in-house using a proprietary production method which cuts costs by orders of magnitude. And soon it will be big enough to turn out these batteries on a mass scale, challenging, for the first time ever, lithium’s uncontested dominance of the distributed energy storage sector. There’s a lot more to this story, as you might have guessed, and I’ve boiled it all down in this video presentation. Access is free and instant, but don’t take that as an invitation to wait. Investment opportunities this explosive don’t stay around forever. Fortune favors the bold,
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