Well we could switch everything to balanced ternary (which has a higher radix economy not just than binary, but also than unsigned ternary. Something most peopl

Well we could switch everything to balanced ternary (which has a higher radix economy not just than binary, but also than unsigned ternary. Something most people talking about ternary neglect to mention - because the traditional formula for calculating radix economy isn't generalized.), but that comes with a heap of other (tractable!) problems...