Undecided with Matt FerrellHow Fusion Tech Just Changed Geothermal Energy Forever. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided Two and a half years ago, I told you about a company using "death rays" to drill deeper into the Earth than anyone has before. The goal? Unlock cheaper and more plentiful geothermal energy for the world. Well, I just got back from Houston, Texas, where I watched them do exactly that. They melted through solid granite with millimeter waves in real time. We're not talking lab experiments anymore. This drilling operation could change how we think about geothermal energy. The heat beneath our feet could be the most versatile, reliable, and abundant energy source ever — but it's out of reach for most people. While the old joke goes that nuclear fusion is always just 30 years away, an offshoot of fusion tech may be changing the future of geothermal drilling today. So, does this team have what it takes? Or is Quaise out of its depth?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:27 - The Technology 04:29 - What I Saw in Houston 09:13 - Real-World Challenges And Progress 12:25 - The Economics Question 16:06 - What's Next?
How Geothermal Energy is About to Break its LimitsUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-07-22 | How Fusion Tech Just Changed Geothermal Energy Forever. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided Two and a half years ago, I told you about a company using "death rays" to drill deeper into the Earth than anyone has before. The goal? Unlock cheaper and more plentiful geothermal energy for the world. Well, I just got back from Houston, Texas, where I watched them do exactly that. They melted through solid granite with millimeter waves in real time. We're not talking lab experiments anymore. This drilling operation could change how we think about geothermal energy. The heat beneath our feet could be the most versatile, reliable, and abundant energy source ever — but it's out of reach for most people. While the old joke goes that nuclear fusion is always just 30 years away, an offshoot of fusion tech may be changing the future of geothermal drilling today. So, does this team have what it takes? Or is Quaise out of its depth?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:27 - The Technology 04:29 - What I Saw in Houston 09:13 - Real-World Challenges And Progress 12:25 - The Economics Question 16:06 - What's Next?Are Heat Pumps a Scam?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2026-02-03 | Why Everyone Gets Heat Pumps Wrong. Go to https://ground.news/undecided for an innovative way to stay fully informed on tech, energy, the climate and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. If you believe half of what you hear about heat pumps, you'd think they're a $20,000 scam that stops working the second it gets cold outside. But here's what the skeptics don't mention: modern heat pumps work in temperatures down to -26°C (that's -15°F), and those "reliability" complaints? They usually trace back to installation problems, which are shockingly common. The truth is, heat pumps are some of the most efficient climate control tools money can buy. Their financial and environmental benefits make them worth considering. Today I want to pull apart the biggest myths around heat pumps, so you can tell if they actually make sense for your home, in your climate, with your budget.
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:06 - The Cost 07:42 - The Cold 10:10 - The Competition 11:50 - The Conditions 13:13 - The ConsistencyThe Kesterite Solution to the Perovskite ProblemUndecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-29 | Will kesterite replace perovskites as the solar wonder material?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/F_OPrOpccJsThe 90% Price Crash That Changed EverythingUndecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-27 | Are Sodium Batteries Already Dead? Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided I’ve got sodium batteries right here in my hands, but three sodium battery companies went bankrupt in the last year. Another shut down voluntarily and returned $9 million to investors … even though their technology worked. And one had $25 million worth of orders sitting in their warehouse that they couldn't legally ship. While sodium batteries were busy getting better, lithium prices crashed by 90%. The one advantage sodium was supposed to have, just evaporated. And now we're left with a technology that works, products you can actually buy, but an industry that seems to be collapsing around it. So what does this mean for you? Should you avoid sodium batteries? Are they a dead-end technology? Or is this just growing pains before sodium takes over?
Corrections: 07:30 - I was incorrect in associating Northvolt's failure as a battery manufacturer to their sodium ion battery challenges. The companies issues went well beyond a specific battery chemistry issue, but stemmed from ramping up too fast and overspending on that ramp up.
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:56 - Batteries You Can Get Now 03:26 - The Sodium Cemetery 09:20 - But the Giants Are Still Betting BigThe Solid State Dream Made Reality?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-24 | Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/Kt4c0o_3eyYThis Robot is Learning to Disassemble Your AppliancesUndecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-21 | This robot isn’t recycling your appliances — it’s learning how to take them apart to reuse the best parts. Panasonic’s AI-driven system could change how we think about waste. 🤖♻️ @PanasonicUSA #circulareconomy #RightToRepair #CES2026 #sponsoredWhy This Solar Breakthrough Matters More Than PerovskiteUndecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-20 | The Solar Underdog That Could Rival Perovskite. Go to surfshark.com/undecided or use code UNDECIDED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Perovskite solar cells are smashing efficiency records and starting to hit the market, but what if the real future of solar is a material you’ve probably never heard of? It’s called kesterite, and new research suggests it could match perovskites’ efficiency without any toxic lead in the stack. That could mean even cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient solar panels for your home down the road. Scientists just simulated a version of kesterite that could reach a 33.56% efficiency, brushing up against the theoretical limit for solar cells. The kicker? Kesterite is durable, where perovskite struggles to survive the great outdoors. With new kesterite efficiency records set this past year… could this underdog race ahead of perovskite and reshape the future of solar?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:14 - Kesterite Composition & Competency 04:10 - Kesterite's Model Efficiency 06:15 - Recombination 09:41 - Production Methods 10:59 - ConclusionPanasonic is Printing Solar Panels Onto WindowsUndecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-15 | @PanasonicUSA is printing solar panels onto glass ... literally. These transparent perovskite solar cells could turn your windows into clean energy generators. I got a first look at CES! 🌞🔋
#solarpanels #technews #CES2026 #sponsoredThe Most Controversial Battery at CES 2026Undecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-13 | BEST Things I Saw in Vegas at CES 2026. Ignite the Senses, Amplified by DREO AI. To learn more about DREO’s new line of products, go to bit.ly/3NxpQNa At CES 2026 I encountered tech that really stopped me in my tracks. A solid state battery claim so bold that even battery skeptics are doing a double take. Wireless power systems that charge your smart door lock with invisible light beams, windows that become noise-canceling headphones for your house, and a simple switch that could save you thousands on an electrical upgrade. So what were the highlights worth your attention?
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#DREOCES2026 #DREOAlot #Misting #CES2026 #DREO #CESHas Graphenes Potential Been Revealed?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-10 | Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/9H1nwqjzVVcHow Graphene is Changing the World … Right NowUndecided with Matt Ferrell2026-01-06 | How Graphene is Changing the World … Right Now. Go to https://ground.news/undecided for an innovative way to stay fully informed on tech, energy, the climate and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. What if your phone battery charged in seconds instead of hours? What if buildings could cut their carbon emissions in half? What if medical sensors could detect diseases years earlier than they do today? Graphene was supposed to deliver all of this and more. Since 2004, researchers called it a wonder material. It would revolutionize everything. 20 years later? Most of those promises fell flat. But now graphene supercapacitors are powering AI data centers. Graphene-enhanced concrete is being poured at industrial sites. Medical sensors using graphene are hitting the market. The trickle is turning into a flood. So what changed? How did graphene go from miracle material to overhyped curiosity to actually delivering results? And more importantly, how will these breakthroughs actually affect you?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Paragraf's Graphene Sensors 04:43 - 2D Photonics' Graphene Optical Microchips 08:22 - Skeleton Tech's Supercapacitors and GPU's 10:45 - Manchester's Green Graphene Construction Materials 12:40 - What's The Holdup?Nano-Scale Solar, Massive Output!Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-12-18 | Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/FffKMMnisu4What Solar’s 2025 Breakthroughs Mean for 2026Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-12-16 | How Solar Changed in 2025 (And What's Next). Go to surfshark.com/undecided or use code UNDECIDED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! I called 2024 the year of perovskite. But 2025? This was the year perovskites went from "interesting lab tech" to "you can actually buy these." Oxford PV shipped the first commercial batch to a US solar farm. California startups landed major infrastructure deals. And Chinese manufacturers started licensing the technology for mass production. More importantly, researchers solved problems that have plagued perovskites for years. We got self-healing materials that repair damage from heat and moisture. Cooling systems that boost efficiency by over 12%. And manufacturing techniques that broke the 34% efficiency barrier, which shatters silicon's theoretical 30% limit. So let's recap what actually happened this past year, what it means for solar's future, and what breakthroughs to watch for in 2026.
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Commercially Available Advances 04:58 - Improvements on the Way 10:41 - What's on the HorizonDoes A Wonder Material Make A Solar Wonder?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-12-11 | Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/8Eh9m4U7GGkThe Oceans Invisible 15,000 TWh GoldmineUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-12-09 | Why Coastal Cities Are Betting on Osmotic Power. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided What if you could power cities just by mixing river water with seawater? Around 15,000 TWh of energy pours into the oceans each year as freshwater blends with saltwater at river mouths. That amounts to roughly half the energy the world consumes in electricity every year. And we may have finally found a way to tap it. It’s called osmotic power, and it could provide clean energy around the clock. As freshwater becomes scarcer, more cities are turning to desalination plants to meet their water needs. Desalination is energy-intensive, but osmotic power could use the same salty wastewater from desalination to generate electricity instead of just dumping it back in the ocean. But how does this tech work? Could a combination of fresh and saltwater be the “solution” to the world’s ever-increasing energy demands?
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I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.Cat®AMP: The One Hour Thats Worth $250,000Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-12-05 | #sponsored Cat®AMP: The One Hour That's Worth $250,000 For more information on Cat® AMP visit cat.com/en_US/by-industry/electric-power/electric-power-industries/energy-as-a-service.html. Check out @catelectricpower to see more.
I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.How This Perovskite Breakthrough Could Change Solar ForeverUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-12-02 | How This Perovskite Breakthrough Could Change Solar Forever. Go to https://ground.news/undecided for an innovative way to stay fully informed on tech, energy, the climate and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. What if solar panels could generate twice the power for a fraction of the cost, making them cheap enough that you'd actually want them on your roof? This is a solar cell made with both perovskites and graphene, the record-breaking result of a collaboration between three Aussie teams. This perovskite cell initially had an efficiency of 16.65%, behind the 20% efficiency range of standard silicon. The introduction of graphene, though, almost doubled that initial figure to 30.6% … all while cutting production costs by 80%. How is this possible? And more importantly, when might these actually end up on your roof?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:51 - Industry Leaders and Breakthroughs 11:21 - Reality CheckHow AI is Increasing Your Power BillUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-11-20 | Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/n8m1BCzvGCAHow AI is Destroying Your Electric BillUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-11-18 | AI’s Secret Impact on Your Power Bill. Head over to eightsleep.com/mattferrell and use the code MATT to get $700 off your Pod 5 Ultra through December 1st. Electricity bills have been climbing across the US, but the AI boom is making it worse. A lot worse. New data centers are popping up everywhere to handle ChatGPT, Gemini, and countless other AI tools. And here's the kicker: you're helping pay for them whether you use AI or not. In Columbus, Ohio, residential customers saw their bills jump by $27 a month this summer. Philadelphia went up $17. Washington D.C., $21. You may not be using more power, but utilities are building massive infrastructure for data centers and passing those costs onto you. How much is this AI blitz really costing us? And what can we actually do about it?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 03:19 - Why is this happening? 09:58 - The Real Costs 11:53 - What can we do? 12:16 - What Regulators Are Doing 13:15 - What Utilities Are Doing 14:21 - What Companies Are DoingSolving the Plastic ProblemUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-11-13 | Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/D9Hd4KMoxdsThe Recycling Breakthrough That Doesnt Need SortingUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-11-11 | Have We Finally Solved The Plastic Problem? Go to surfshark.com/undecided or use code UNDECIDED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! What if every piece of plastic waste, like bottles, bags, even clothes, could be rebuilt from scratch, no sorting required? Not just melted and reshaped, but broken down to pure chemical building blocks and made new again. That's what a new wave of recycling tech promises. Northwestern University has built a catalyst that can zero in on a single type of plastic in mixed waste and break it down. No sorting, no problem. In South Korea, a 2,000°C hydrogen plasma torch is cracking mixed plastics in milliseconds, turning them into valuable building blocks for brand-new plastics. And in France, an enzymatic recycling plant is transforming previously unrecyclable polyester textiles back into virgin-quality plastic feedstock. We've been sold the recycling dream for decades, but the reality? Most plastic still ends up in landfills or the ocean. Could these breakthroughs finally turn recycling from marketing lie into working reality?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 03:13 - The Polyolefin Problem 04:19 - Nickel Catalyst Breaks Through 08:12 - Plastic vs. Plasma 12:03 - PET 2.0How Close Are We to Solid-State Batteries?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-11-04 | Solid-State Batteries: Hype vs. Reality. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided You've heard the solid state battery story before. Toyota promised them by 2025. Samsung said they were just around the corner. QuantumScape's stock soared on promises of revolutionary batteries. And yet here we are, still driving cars with the same lithium-ion tech. And if the sliding deadlines weren't enough of a headache, the term solid state battery has become a marketing buzzword. But 2025 might actually look different. Companies aren't just filing patents anymore. They're opening factories. They're putting innovative new batteries in actual vehicles. Mercedes just drove 749 miles on a single charge with one. MG is taking pre-orders for a car with a semi-solid-state battery for under $15,000. So is this finally it? Are solid-state batteries finally here? Or are we just being sold another round of hype?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 03:06 - Close to Shipping 06:32 - Pilot Plants Opening 10:25 - Reality Check 13:29 - Where We Actually AreGeothermal Heatings Biggest SurpriseUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-10-23 | Is Geothermal heating the right choice for your home?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/DTb7TKJzr5gHow My Geothermal Heat Pump Really Performed (2 Years)Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-10-21 | How My Geothermal Heat Pump Really Performed (2 Years). Go to surfshark.com/undecided or use code UNDECIDED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! I’ve had my geothermal heat pump for the past two years now. It’s been helping me to reach my net zero energy goals in my new house. But getting it installed meant drilling a 400-foot-deep well in my backyard, running a cooling loop into the house through the foundation, and getting everything hooked up inside the house. It’s a little more complicated than your standard air source heat pump setup … and a lot more expensive, too. But was it worth it? I’ve learned a lot over the past two years, and I’ve collected a bunch of data, too. So what can you take away from my experience? And is there anything I’d change if I had it to do over again? Let’s dig into it.
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 03:02 - Why I wanted it (and why you might too) 05:20 - How it's been 11:48 - Is it worth it?The Surprising Battery Discovery No One Saw ComingUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-10-14 | The Surprising Battery Discovery No One Saw Coming. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided We've been told for years that fast-charging kills batteries. But what if that rule is wrong? The Georgia Institute of Technology just found that the faster they charged a zinc-ion battery, the better it performed. A damaged battery even started healing itself. And another team has re-engineered the atomic twists that normally break a zinc-ion battery down… to make it stronger than ever. These aren't just lab curiosities. Zinc batteries can act as a safer, cheaper alternative to lithium for grid storage and home use. They can't catch fire. They're made from abundant materials. But they’ve had one fatal flaw that’s kept them from dethroning lithium: they don’t last long enough. So, how did scientists turn atomic jitters into resilience? How can fast-charging help a battery perform? And what does it mean for all of us?
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Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/ZlCJcTq3Jk4Are We Building Wind Energy Wrong?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-10-07 | How Kites Could Transform Global Energy Forever. Go to https://ground.news/undecided for an innovative way to stay fully informed on tech, energy, the climate and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. This kite is generating energy from the wind. You’re probably thinking: “Neat, but don’t we already have an effective and reliable way to capture wind energy?” And yeah, wind turbines have been been big ol’ work horses for decades. But wind turbines are both physically and financially massive. Each one costs a minimum of hundreds thousand of dollars, and that’s before we take into account shipping, installation, and maintenance. Goofy as it might sound, airborne wind energy systems (AWES) like this kite could be a cheaper, more nimble alternative to the steel titans we’re used to. But are AWES really ready for takeoff, or are they grounded for good?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:58 - The Problem 03:43 - The AWES Solution 08:04 - Kitepower 09:37 - SkySails 10:51 - DrawbacksWhy Space Solar Might Finally Work (But Not How You Think)Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-09-30 | Why Space Based Solar Isn’t Entirely Stupid. Head over to http://eightsleep.com/mattferrell and use the code MATT to get $200 off Pod 5 Core and $350 off Pod 5 Ultra. Aetherflux is ditching massive solar farms for single satellites closer to Earth for space solar power. They plan to use high-powered lasers to beam energy to small, mobile receivers. If this tech reaches lift-off, it could one day deliver power where infrastructure doesn’t exist … from disaster zones to military bases. Could this be the special use case that finally launches space-based solar power? And if this approach works, could it eventually make orbital energy cheap enough for the rest of us?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:44 - Gathering Aetherflux 04:29 - Precision Power Delivery for Forward Military Bases 07:07 - T minus ...? 09:46 - Housten, We Have A Solution? 12:14 - Is This Dangerous? 14:31 - Long Shot? Or Long Game?Sweating Solar Panels??Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-09-25 | How can making solar panels sweat raise their efficiency?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/yWMxM8YQcN4How This Hydrogel Gives Us 12% More Solar EfficiencyUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-09-23 | How Hydrogel Can Double Solar Panel Lifespan. Go to https://ground.news/undecided for an innovative way to stay fully informed on tech, energy, the climate and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. Why are the world's most efficient solar panels learning to sweat? Solar panels hate being hot. For every single degree the temperature rises, panels lose up to half a percent of their solar efficiency. That can mean an 18% performance drop! But scientists have figured it out how to make solar panels that can effectively sweat using hydrogels, and the results are staggering. One application of hydrogel allows for both efficiency boosts and extended lifespans, no moving parts required. How is this possible? And is this breakthrough ready for your rooftop?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:27 - Active vs Passive Cooling 03:20 - The Answer 04:14 - VISTEC Hydrogel 07:36 - KAUST Hydrogel 09:01 - Drawbacks 11:55 - OutlookCancer Fighting Microbots!?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-09-18 | Can these microbots change the future of medicine?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/_myz8gWwf3EThe Medical Breakthrough Nobody Saw ComingUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-09-16 | How Tiny Robots Are Rewiring Modern Medicine. Go to surfshark.com/undecided or use code UNDECIDED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Our best medicines flood the entire body when we only need to hit one precise target. Enter medical microrobots: tiny robots small enough to swim through your bloodstream and deliver treatment exactly where it's needed. We're talking DNA robots with four-fingered hands that grab viruses, microscopic vehicles navigating brain tissue, and robots that aren't built but grown. Science fiction? Not anymore. The question is: how close are we to seeing them change medicine?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:09 - The Navigator Bots: Conquering Difficult Terrain 06:15 - The Defender Bots: Virus Bouncers 08:13 - The Builder Bots: Living Machines 09:40 - Cost Analysis and Economic RealityBifacial Solar is How Efficient??Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-09-11 | How has Tongwei achieved such high bifacial efficiency?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/tQoV4Qj0NQsHow the Back of a New Solar Panel Just Changed EverythingUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-09-09 | How This Bifacial Solar Panel Reaches 91% Efficiency. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided What if I told you there's a way to get up to 30% more power from the same solar panel footprint? No breakthrough chemistry. No quantum physics. Just one simple change that’s finally starting to catch on. They're finally putting solar cells on both sides of the panel. And now one company has achieved something remarkable: the back of their panels is 91.7% as efficient as the front. But here's why this is actually huge news: they've done it with cheaper technology that was supposed to be inferior. So what's actually going on here? And why does the back of a solar panel matter so much?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - Why It Works 04:24 - How It Works 07:03 - Cost Analysis & Comparisons 08:49 - Real-World ImpactRum and Sargassum Powered Cars?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-28 | What are the many uses of sargassum seaweed?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/iAYiUN4gvi4This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now Its GoldUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-26 | This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It's Gold. Head over to eightsleep.com/mattferrell and use the code MATT to get $200 off Pod 5 Core and $350 off Pod 5 Ultra. Caribbean beaches are ankle-deep in slimy, smelly seaweed. Wave after wave of sargassum is blanketing shorelines from Barbados to Cancún. It traps sea turtles. It smothers coral reefs. And it drives tourists away from islands that depend on them. This seaweed isn't just crashing weddings on the beach. It's crashing Caribbean economies. But what if sargassum wasn't just a mess, but a raw material? What if we could turn it into bricks, biogas, and even buttery soft T-shirts? What if the right refining is all it takes to transform this weed into biodegradable packaging and high-performance composites? This is the story of how Caribbean and international start-ups are transforming the seaweed invasion into a sustainable resource. And we all get the t-shirts.
I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.Handing the Renewable Reins to ChinaUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-21 | What does the Big Beautiful Bill mean for America? Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/2tNp2vsxEzkHow the U.S. Just Handed the Renewable Future to ChinaUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-19 | How the U.S. Just Handed the Renewable Future to China. Go to surfshark.com/undecided or use code UNDECIDED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! This summer the United States made a $559 billion decision. The consequences of that decision could make your next car $7,500 more expensive and send your electricity bills soaring unpredictably. On July 4th, 2025, President Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" into law. But this bill that was evidently supposed to make States more self-sufficient really just gave our energy independence away. Solar alone employs nearly seven times more U.S. workers than coal. Yet the current administration is cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from the sector creating jobs. Today, I’ll explain what this big bill actually does, the staggering numbers behind its context, and how it impacts your daily life. Because regardless of your politics, we all pay electricity bills, we all need jobs, and we all want to avoid being left at the mercy of another country’s supply chain.
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Chapter 00:00 - Intro 04:08 - Why It Works 07:04 - Cost Analysis & Comparisons 10:33 - Challenges 12:27 - Real-World Impact 13:53 - Future Implications 15:42 - ConclusionCATLs Battery SecretUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-14 | What is the secret to CATL’s cheapest batteries yet?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/Wf84NJSiAeUHow CATL Made Batteries 90% Cheaper (And What Happens Next)Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-12 | How CATL Made Batteries 90% Cheaper (And What Happens Next). Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: incogni.com/undecided What if I told you the world's largest battery company just announced batteries that cost as low as $10 per kilowatt hour? Not $100. Ten. And the kicker? They're using salt. Yes, the same stuff sitting on your kitchen table. But CATL makes more lithium batteries than anyone else on the planet. They're literally winning the lithium game. So why are they suddenly pivoting to a technology that's been considered second-rate for decades? No technical papers. No detailed explanations. Just bold claims and two new products ready to hit the market. So is this the real deal that changes everything? Or are we looking at tech hype that’s too salty to swallow?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:23 - Sodium Basics 05:11 - Naxtra 07:48 - Freevoy 09:15 - Drawbacks 11:20 - OutlookQuantum Computing Just Got RealUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-07 | Who is winning the race for Quantum computers?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/L1kyvI2m6UY?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi7uzySCXq8VXhodHB5B5OiQWhy The Race for Quantum Supremacy Just Got RealUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-08-05 | Why The Race for Quantum Supremacy Just Got Real. Go to https://ground.news/undecided for an innovative way to stay fully informed on tech, energy, the climate and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. Google just built a computer that solved a problem in 5 minutes that would take our best supercomputers 10 septillion years … that's not a typo. That's a 10 with 24 zeros after it. The universe is only 13.8 billion years old, so we're talking about a computer that just did something... cosmically impossible. And Google isn't alone. Microsoft and Amazon are racing to crack quantum computing too, each with wildly different approaches. After decades of being the much hyped "the future," quantum computing suddenly feels like it's arriving … all at once. So what changed? And should you care about computers that need to be colder than outer space just to work?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - What just happened? 07:43 - Amazon's Ocelot: The Schrödinger Strategy 09:15 - Google's Willow: The Brute Force Approach 10:53 - The Reality CheckElectric Eel Batteries?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-07-31 | Electric Eel Batteries that can be powered by you?
Check out the full video over at Undecided: youtu.be/LbprE3qROs0How Nature Solved Platinums $2 Trillion ProblemUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-07-29 | What if the secret to next-generation batteries is circulating in your blood, and the blueprint for powering AR contact lenses is swimming in the Amazon? Go to surfshark.com/undecided or use code UNDECIDED at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Humans have been building batteries for a couple hundred years, but nature has been perfecting energy systems for billions of years. But here's the kicker: the wildest breakthrough is happening right now...in your bloodstream. A Japanese company has cracked the code on using hemoglobin, yes, the stuff that makes your blood red, to create a catalyst that could replace expensive platinum in next-generation batteries. And when the team combined this blood-inspired tech with an electrolyte exploit, they shattered voltage records. So could blood-inspired catalysts finally give us cheap, powerful batteries for everything from cars to the power grid?
I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.The Most Overlooked Clean Energy Source… is Under Your FeetUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-07-15 | How Subways Are Powering Cities. Go to https://ground.news/undecided for an innovative way to stay fully informed on tech, energy, the climate and more. Save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan with my link. Every time a subway screeches to a stop, commuters pour out, new riders pile in. Just another day on the rails. But what if that screech could do more than just move people? In Barcelona, it does. They’ve taken the regenerative braking you might know from your EV and cranked it up to city scale. Now, their metro isn’t just moving passengers, it’s powering escalators, traffic lights … and even EVs. It’s a sneak peek into a future where energy isn’t only harvested from solar panels or massive power plants, but reclaimed from the overlooked rhythm of urban life. So, how much energy are we letting slip through the cracks, and what happens when we start catching it?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:17 - What is RB? 05:42 - Barcelona and MetroCHARGE 09:28 - Challenges and Drawbacks 11:53 - OutlookDung-gineeringUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-07-11 | Is this battery full of it?
Check out the full video here: youtu.be/6TCmjSIj9JwThe Strongest Concrete Made From Human Urine?Undecided with Matt Ferrell2025-07-08 | Why Manure and Urine Could Power the Future. To get your very own Segway Navimow X350 go to bit.ly/3GZnOCn. When we talk about the circular economy, we picture batteries stripped for their metals, factory floor scraps spun into sweaters, and agricultural waste transformed into biogas. We don’t picture mucking out the barn to collect material for surgical masks and food packaging. Waste may be used in new household products. It’s now possible to spin it into high-tech, biodegradable plastics and textiles or use it as glue inside lithium battery electrodes. And as for the urine we send down the drain, it might someday help build our cities with better concrete. So, is this the next leap in sustainable design — or just a steaming pile of hype? And how close are we to building a cleaner, greener future from human and animal waste?
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Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - Cow Pie Bioplastics? 08:32 - Cow Pie Batteries? 09:47 - Pee Cement?
#SegwayNavimow #SegwayNavimowX3 #RoboticMower #LawnCareWhy Mushrooms are Starting to Replace EverythingUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-06-24 | Why Mushrooms are Starting to Replace Everything. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code UNDECIDED at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/undecided Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics weren’t manufactured, but grown. Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon. It’s turning agricultural waste into walls, hemp into compostable packaging, and fungal threads into leather that even luxury brands are eyeing. This mushroom material is set to insulate the façade of a 300-unit housing project in California. And now, innovators are swapping out the sensors of robots for the electrical pulses of living mycelium. So, how long until mycelium is just as ubiquitous as wood, metal, and plastic?
I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.Why This Might Be the Last Solar Panel You’ll Ever NeedUndecided with Matt Ferrell2025-06-17 | How Self-Healing Solar Panels Could Change Everything. Explore Bills To 0 solutions with @EcoFlowTech Score great deals and use code 25DPUMATT for an extra 5% off. Discover the EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra and EV charger: bit.ly/4jouUh4 EcoFlow Father’s Day Sale: bit.ly/3FPnUMx For assistance with any inquiries, feel free to call +1 231-888-7164. Solar panels are built to last around 30 years, but what if solar panels could last… forever? That’s the promise behind a new kind of perovskite PV cell that can heal itself. Not only does this self-repair help the panel bounce back from damage, but it also helps maintain peak efficiency over time. Breakthroughs like this could reshape the solar industry … as long as they can break out of the lab. So, how do self-healing PVs work? And how close are we to seeing them out in the wild?
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