I am being a little bit flippant and I’m sorry. I’m not saying this technology will replace all aspects of energy generation, but if it can be done for cheaper and more efficient in some parts of the process, it will be looked at.
Thanks. I hoped no one on Free Republic was stupid enough to believe that you could store that much power in batteries.
The problem with all of the alternate sources is that they are without fail far more expensive than “fossil” fuels and far less efficient.
Is there a place for some of them? Probably, but not in the macro scale they are proposing. Destroying farmland with solar panels and turbines only hurts our future.
I recently ordered a truck cap with an integrated rooftop tent for my wife and I to go camping and overlanding. I’m considering installing a solar panel on the roof to power some lights and a small refrigerator. Micro use of those technologies works just fine.
On the flip side, I have a utility trailer I use for my job. It has a large power inverter and a Marine battery. In the winter I have a small space heater. If I’m not plugged into the grid, the battery last mere seconds when the heater turns on.