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It's not really a "Moore's law" thing at all - it's more that, like every single other technology in history that isn't specifically semiconductors, batteries d
by MrEldritch 8y ago
It's not really a "Moore's law" thing at all - it's more that, like every single other technology in history that isn't specifically semiconductors, batteries don't follow an exponential improvement curve. They also evolve slower than many other technologies even on a more typical growth trajectory, because battery chemistry has way less room for easy improvement. There's only a few battery chemistries that could even theoretically offer much better density than lithium-ion, and we've been trying to make them work for a long time.
- pineaux 8y agoMy bet is on graphene capacitor batteries.
- wffurr 8y agoI would bet on biodiesel for long distance highway transport, farm equipment, and other heavy industry; and electric in a bewildering array of form factors for short distance urban transport.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agolook at industrial metalworking from ~1860-1960 or so. It was close to exponential.