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New lantern/charger 4 phone/tablet runs on water 8-Mar-2016 At 2:33:59 PM shortman

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On 8/03/2016 Olbert wrote:
>On 8/03/2016 Pat wrote:
>>That being said, the cell that is at the core of all the products is
>not
>>a battery - it just generates (produces) electricity.
>
>That is what a battery is!
>
>>The base cell doesn't
>>store the electricity - that's why I said it wasn't a battery.
>
>The base cell stores energy in the form of chemical energy. When you make
>a circuit through the power stick (whatever that is!) and the salt water,
>that chemical energy causes electrons to flow - thus electricity.
>
>This is exactly the same as any form of battery out there. Batteries store
>chemical energy which is transformed to electrical energy when a circuit
>is made.
>
>The only form of battery which actually stores energy as electricity is
>a Supercon
>ucting Magnetic Energy Storage system. Basically it's a superconducting
>circuit where you cause the electrons to flow and they never slow down
>because there is no resistance. So you can put energy in, then anytime
>later take it back out again. Once we get room temperature superconductors
>going, this will be the perfect battery. Until then...we have chemical
>batteries - like yours.
>
>
>That said, good luck with your investment! I too have been an entrepreneur
>looking to make it big. Unfortunately I was more interested in climbing
>than business. So while I failed spectacularly to make any money I did
>manage to up my climbing by about 3 grades.

Didn't Pat say the lithium ion battery within the unit is used to store the energy?