Still To Be Determined

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Matt and Sean talk about farming techniques that incorporate AI, solar panels, and a whole lot of science. Agrivoltaics is a promising technique … with some nuance.

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Matt and Sean talk about water-based agricultural approaches to save healthy food production in climate-changing times. Combining aquaculture with hydroponics has some int…

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Matt and Sean talk about all the things we don’t want in gas cooking, as well as how the US is way behind on induction cooktops adoption.

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Matt and Sean talk about interesting ways to deal with our plastic problem, as well as Matt’s interview with Polyfloss.
 
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Matt and Sean talk about Matt’s good and bad decisions on solar panels for his home.

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, “5 Years with Solar Panels - Is It Stil…

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Matt and Sean talk about fixing flaws in solar panel designs and why previous attempts may have failed.

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Matt and Sean talk about five emerging battery technologies that could be seen more in the future.

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, “Are These Batteries The F…

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Matt and Sean talk about how to make passive house choices that work for you and why Matt made the choices he did for his net zero energy home.

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Matt and Sean talk about new fusion energy production breakthroughs, like the US National Ignition Facility’s recent announcement on the first fusion ignition, and the lon…

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Matt and Sean talk about brick, rocks, and other physical heat storage battery tech paths. It’s an old concept that’s finally catching on in a big way.

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Matt and Sean talk about why a 17-year old going back to first principles to solve a specific electric motor problem is important. It’s not the what, but the why.

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Matt and Sean talk about how many wood batteries a woodchuck would chuck… Lignin, biochar, and sustainable tree farming are key to this being a success. 

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I had a chance to sit down and chat with Mike Donaldson, the Vice President, Fusion Island Engineering at General Fusion. It’s an interesting conversation about not only G…

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Matt and Sean talk about zinc batteries and why old tech doesn’t always stay old. 

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, “137 Year Old Battery Tech May Be The Futu…

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Matt and Sean talk about where Undecided is headed, and how it’s going to get there.

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Matt and Sean talk about what you get when you mix solar and calm water. There’s a lot of similarities between solar panels over water and solar panels over crops (agrivol…

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On today’s episode of Still To Be Determined we’re turning our beer cans into batteries … well … we’re talking about aluminum ion batteries and how they might be the succe…

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Matt and Sean discuss start-ups’ fusion energy plans, their timetable, and their potential. We also talk to Helion Energy’s CEO, David Kirtley about their technology. 

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Matt and Sean discuss Unity Homes’ approach to sustainable homebuilding (including Matt’s home!). 

Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, “The Simple Genius of a Pr…

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Matt and Sean discuss large-scale passive buildings and the different technologies available today to make it happen. Everything from regenerative braking on elevators, to…