We keep hearing that there's going to be a battery short age because e tese power walls, grid systems are growing at a pace that maybe people didn't anticipate. I mean, even even in the worst grid, you know, driving the thing on cold power, which doesn't, it's not the best model, obviously. But even in that case, you are still very efficientd and quite clean. And absolute no brainer. We have plenty of material. It's just the cost of digging it up,. There's not rare earth minerals here for the most part. The chip shortage is just indicative of what can happen when you have a rush or any kind of disruption in these
In a short news segment, Jason talks about a company that tried to sell "fantasy startup investing" NFTs and why they had to pivot (1:44). Jason gives a brief tribute to Steve Jobs (15:48). Then, he's joined by JB Straubel, Tesla's longtime CTO who stepped down in 2019 to found a new lithium-ion battery recycling company, Redwood Materials(22:08). JB and Jason discuss the early launches and setbacks at Tesla, overcoming challenges, and the possibilities created by battery recycling. To close out the show, we play a clip of Steve Job's 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (1:20:15).