This Report on Flow Batteries Will Make You Smile

A reader from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, CA, a group that’s heavily committed to sustainability, writes: For an emotional uplift check out the flow battery progress sponsored by ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Administration-Energy).

Yes, this really is terrific.  We’re getting there, and it’s happening far faster than most people realize.

Here’s a short and coincidental story:  For one of the radio programs I was hosting for a couple of years, I interviewed David Cobb (pictured — Green Party presidential nominee in 2004), whom I met at a lecture he gave at a Unitarian Church close to my home. He began his talk by saying, “I really like the Unitarians.  They’re almost…., you know, it’s kind of like a religion.”  I thought it was funny, and I’m sure it didn’t offend anyone.  The Unitarians are humanists, and I’m sure they can take a joke.