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sort of let them run on while you're getting about your business. So that's what I am. I'm your invisible secret friend. Yeah, just for you. Now let's talk about some things. Would you be surprised that there's some new science about coffee that's good for you? Yes. In Parade Magazine, in case you wonder, it does hydrate you. So some people say don't drink coffee because you'll pee too much and y…

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in almost every possible way that a thing could be good for you. What percentage of the world would not do the thing that's universally good for everybody? What percent would not? Yeah, that's right. That's right. 27% is the exact number. A quarter of the country will get every question wrong. It doesn't matter what the question is, and this is the case. 73% of Americans drink coffee every day. So 27%, you've got some explaining to do.

And you'd be amazed to know there's a breakthrough in EV batteries. Another one. Yes. In this case, Wonderful Engineering is reporting that they've got a battery now that's, I think it's a regular lithium, but they souped it up. So they got 5 million miles on one battery and 20,000 charges, and it's so robust that it might, if they can get to the point where it lasts longer than the car, then you can throw the rest of the car away, take the battery out, and it might be, let's say, 80% still useful and just use it as a battery backup for your house. So think about that. There might be a market coming for repurposing batteries that came out of your car. You just use them at your house maybe.

What I think they really need to do is develop a battery made entirely from coffee, because if you've been paying attention, coffee can do it all. So I'm pretty sure you can make a battery out of coffee that would be better.

Elon Musk said yesterday on X he predicted that 98% of vehicles will be electric eventually. What do you think? Do you think 98% of the vehicles would become electric and that there

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will still be gas-powered cars, but it would be kind of like using a flip phone? Somebody's going to do it, but it'll be rare. I think so. You know, if you had not listened to my live stream every day—and I don't know why you wouldn't—you wouldn't know that there's a breakthrough in battery technology just about every day. And if we keep having breakthroughs in batteries, it kind of guarantees th…

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