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“current capacity” is indeed insufficient, but we’re talking about what ought to be in the future, not about what is in the present.
by epgui 5y ago
“current capacity” is indeed insufficient, but we’re talking about what ought to be in the future, not about what is in the present.
- Georgelemental 5y agoThe technology to do that at reasonable cost does not exist and likely won't be developed in the near future.
- adrianN 5y agoWhat's a reasonable cost? Wind and solar are pretty cheap, and you can spend quite a bit on technology that you only need a couple of weeks of the year without doubling the average price.
- epgui 5y agoThe technology does exist. The bottleneck is how fast we can ramp up mining and production of key metals. Extraction of key metals from batteries (ie.: recycling) does need to be developed further, but in terms of total capacity, that is a bigger future concern than a present one.