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Solar has become incredibly inexpensive in the last decade, and batteries likewise are many times better than they were 20 years ago. Is there further to go, ye
by skywhopper 3y ago
Solar has become incredibly inexpensive in the last decade, and batteries likewise are many times better than they were 20 years ago. Is there further to go, yes, but progress has been steady and real applications are all around you for both. Our phones are marvels of battery technology that was impossible 15 years ago.
Fusion and quantum computing on the other hand. Neither has yet solved one problem or made net progress. They have great promise but the practicalities may ultimately outweigh the benefits. Meanwhile, solar-charged batteries powering high performance electric cars are more common every day.
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoYou think there has been no net progress in QC or fusion? There has been a lot of progress, but not to the point where we can make practical use of them yet. Some problems are just harder than others. Maybe some of them are not soluble, or some are not economic. We won't know if we don't try, and they hold out great promise.