Jason Badeaux

Early on in an energy transition, there is often more attention on how well they can do existing things. Examples include how well coal could heat and oil and electricity could light. But the larger impact for any energy transition, like other new technologies, is to enable us to do brand new things.

The core strategy has unique elements at each level of the ecosystem: overturning the core product architecture, positioning themselves in key bottleneck components, and resolving system-level limitations that slow the adoption of the technology. At the same time, they have applied an effective approach to build their innovation capital so they can... See more

The beauty of the work token model is that, absent any speculators, increased usage of the network will cause an increase in the price of the token. As demand for the service grows, more revenue will flow to service providers. Given a fixed supply of tokens, service providers will rationally pay more per token for the right to earn part of a... See more

This is where Professor Jeff Dahn Of Dalhousie University comes in. He and his team partnered up with Tesla in 2016 to create the Tesla Advanced Battery Research division. Their primary goal is to make batteries last longer, they also aim to increase energy density and decrease costs. Prof Dahn recently published a study showing the world the... See more

A token must work as a necessary element of a self-sustaining system which is a public utility.