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It’ll go a long way towards having sizable battery capacity with an electrified vehicle fleet. But there’s also just building out electrical capacity. The indus
by ianai 4y ago
It’ll go a long way towards having sizable battery capacity with an electrified vehicle fleet. But there’s also just building out electrical capacity. The industrial revolution and onward is also a story of humanity having much more access and usage for energy per capita than ever. If energy costs are low enough then direct air capture of carbon becomes a “sure, why not,” for instance. Major power infrastructure was built solely to unlock aluminum when the uses for it were discovered. Energy production capacity never dreamt of before that point.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoYes! What if we could have a post-scarcity energy society? If we generate so much energy it might as well be infinite, there is no need to economize at all. No need to worry about consumption. Direct carbon capture? Sure. Water desalinization? Absolutely. The efficiency of these processes stops mattering. Solar power with batteries for everything, nuclear energy as backup.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoGetting past the second law of thermodynamics would be quite a feat.
- cedilla 4y agoEarth isn't a closed system.