You might be interested in this link, ran into it accidentally today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7CCq4oBgw4
To my way of thinking, this has the right directional trajectory for how we need to think about energy storage: half the weight, up to 10 times the energy density of current lithium car batteries to match the energy density of carbon fuels, recyclable, zero risk of runaway heat reactions, same speed to re-fuel as gas and so forth.
This solution (if it works even) is not quite half the weight, only like %30 more energy dense than lithium ion so it won't be viable as a replacement at gas stations because they are not on par in energy density to gas and stations would need huge physical storage areas to make this universally viable.
But, maybe, the right mix of variables can be found.
People are getting hung up on using today's infrastructure to power something two decades away, at least. That's not how the world works. Supply and demand evolve together unless there's some massive shock to the system. There will be no problem doubling our power generation capacity in the next couple of decades as long as nobody gets in the way.
Dear lord, you are fucking retarded.
Yes, you say that a lot. I'm sorry this discussion is confusing for you.
You act like doubling output over two decades is impossible and calling people idiots for suggesting otherwise when we've repeatedly done so in the past. I think we know who's the idiot here.
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