Meet Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer that invented the Super Soaker. Now he's working to help solve climate change with his latest inventions, a solid state battery as well as an entirely new type of engine.

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Canary Media’s Climate Meets Culture column explores the intersection of energy, climate and the culture at large. Munsell: And what makes your technology unique among those handful of companies making actual solid-state batteries? Munsell: So what does your go-to-market plan look like at this point? You said you were working on getting out of the lab — what are the next steps?Johnson: We’re talking to investors now — basically, to start gearing up so we can actually put together a prototype, or demonstration manufacturing line, or however you want to describe it.  Fossil fuelsClean energy is cheaper than coal across the whole US, study findsHydrogenThis utility is blending hydrogen into fossil gas

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