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Here, Bill Gates has done the math: https://youtu.be/d1EB1zsxW0k?t=520 https://youtu.be/d1EB1zsxW0k?t=520 TLDW: Batteries are several orders of magnitude too e
by Reedx 7y ago
Here, Bill Gates has done the math: https://youtu.be/d1EB1zsxW0k?t=520 https://youtu.be/d1EB1zsxW0k?t=520
TLDW: Batteries are several orders of magnitude too expensive to solve the reliability problem or make things like steel and concrete.
- ixtli 7y agoThere are really innumerable problems with using solar or wind (or even hydro, for these reasons) to serve a society that requires stable power generation. And we haven't even gotten to the environment impact of producing, and then throwing out!, battery tech at scale.