If you’ve debated the importance of the development of electric vehicles with climate change deniers, today’s announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will make you happy.
It probably won’t sway the deniers. Nothing seems to do that.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the winners of the prize are John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino. What did these scientists do? Their work, dating back to the 1970s, led to the development of lithium-ion batteries. In awarding the prize, the Academy specifically stated that the development of lithium-ion batteries is “making possible a fossil fuel-free society.”
Here’s the press release. Enjoy!
