Power generation is either used, or lost forever
Stand back and THINK before you make comments. If you run a Honda Genetator and don’t run a thing on it, where did the electrical power go? Same thing with a nuclear, hydro-electrical or coal fired plant. That’s why the biggest income any power company has is the power broker section where they buy/sell power across the nation, second by second. So every watt is used
Tesla demonstrated municipal level power storage, where a city was able to store electrical power on a municipal level. This is huge. Lead acid batteries are horribly inefficient and degrade. Nickle Hydride, Lithium Ion made huge strides forward. Now we are seeing LFP and cobalt free batteries that are non flammable, and increase storage and last much longer.
Next we have Toyota demonstration of the Solod State Lithium battery which not only increases energy density by 250%, but means life spans measures in decades. And you can cut the battery with a scissors and not only not short out the battery, you just lost the portion of the battery you cut off. Electrical planes are now becoming practical and have ⅓ the operational costs of single engine planes. They won’t replace jet engines, but a 66% fuel cost reduction is significant.
Next up is the Lithium Sulfur battery, which looks to last about 4x longer than what is on the market new. The expected life of current Tesla motors should last around 1 million miles, and statistically most of the batteries should last about the same. The new Lithium Sulfur batteries should last about 4 million miles, charge to 80% in less than 15 minutes and get around 1,000 miles per charge
These batteries will revolutionize municipal power as well, as with municipal we don’t care about energy density, as cost is a larger consideration. With current Solar tech lasting 35 years, at ~20% efficient and dropping to 80% of the rated value at the end of 35 years; things are moving forward
To say that you don’t think, or hope we make progress is about as ignorant as thinking the gas engine did not improve in efficiency. If you do some research, you would know there is 1 place to get gasoline. There are many ways to generate electricity, and now we can store it
And finally, if you think the way we mine Lithium,
Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel and Copper is not changing; you are missing out on a huge investment opportunity. I made my family wealthy by doing research and learning. I would encourage anyone else to do the same. Nobody knows who will win, against Tesla. But EVERYONE needs Lithium. Until they print a new Periodic Table
In Santa Claracounty 90% of the charging stations don’t work
Texas and California are already promising brownouts and black outs this summer
There are limits to how efficient chemical batteries can be. We have a ways to go to reach those limits.
Efficient and high capacity batteries have the capability to make life better for everyone.
And yet Gas/Diesel in a storage tank is more efficient than all than all those poisonous batteries.