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SUPERCAPACITORS!

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Batteries are great, they help us store energy for future use, to power our home appliances and our electric vehicles but, they are getting old. Capacitors seems like the way to go for the future, "SUPERCAPACITORS" to be exact. Batteries store energy in form of chemicals. Essentially, they break down those chemicals to release the energy and then join then back together to recharge their energy, this makes them very slow when being charged. They also have a very short life span since they get degraded by the continues charging and discharging process. Capacitors on the other hand store energy in form of static electricity and are more durable, they pack more power, are charge instantly and are very easy and cheap to make, as simple as bringing two metal plates close to each other putting an insulator in between and connecting them. These are a lot of advantages when compared with batteries but they have one down side, they don't hold much energy. This is...