The figure I use is an equivalent across the board of energy sources. Lithium is about 6% as effective as gasoline, in terms of its ability to store energy. Wind is something like 1 trillionth as effective as a gallon of gas and solar is only a bit better than wind.
Nothing, except nuclear, can beat hydrocarbons. It’s just that there is more need for copper, to electrify society than there is copper.
“Nothing, except nuclear, can beat hydrocarbons.”
Then why do the use hydrogen on space rockets instead of hydrocarbons?