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No. I’ll just copy my comment from elsewhere verbatim: Projected battery production capacity makes this a a pie in the sky. Every western country + China will
by jorvi 3y ago
No.
I’ll just copy my comment from elsewhere verbatim:
Projected battery production capacity makes this a a pie in the sky. Every western country + China will be clamoring for batteries, on top of virtually every industry.
The only solution I hear from “green” people is the “future battery technology” MacGuffin.
- ben_w 3y ago> Every western country + China will be clamoring for batteries, on top of virtually every industry. Yes, which by the power of "hey look there's a lot of demand for that, we should invest in some factories to make money servicing that demand" means a lot of people make battery factories. And mines. And processing plants. Which is why it's clear that if… > The only solution I hear from “green” people is the “future battery technology” MacGuffin You're not listening to the sound of money being made.
- Gibbon1 3y agoImagine we build 3kwh worth of batteries per world capita. Or 8 billion people. And the batteries cost $100/kwh. That's 2.4 Trillion/Year. No ones leaving that kind of money on the table.
- ben_w 3y agoIndeed, and despite that being not too dissimilar to annual fossil fuel costs, that figure also assumes the batteries have to be replaced each year, it's probably more like every three to ten years.