The electric evolution is happening so fast that most people are far behind in understanding the progress and next steps. Worse still, many are stubbornly denying the change or revealing their ignorance by insisting that electric vehicles are a farce because power grids are not fueled by 100% renewables. Yet.
When we hear this we should think about the wasted time and resources spent in denial of past technological change: from scribes to the printing press, oxen teams to combine harvesters, horse and buggy to ICE, hand computation to calculators, computers and the world wide web. Think airplanes sounded feasible to most when they first heard the idea? We must remember Kodak and Blockbuster and open our minds. When the need is obvious, and the economics so compelling, thinkers commit and suddenly there are no problems only solutions. This Nova special offers a short and entertaining update on the battery revolution. Well worth watching. Here is a direct video link.
The key components of this evolution now in rapid progress are: increasing capture of all types of renewable, clean power to feed intercontinental power grids and state of the art batteries that power all manner of electric vehicles and machinery. These are not pie in the sky ideas, this is happening now. Very exciting time to be alive.
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