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by bigbadgoose 2650 days ago
I hold that solar energy is the optimal solution, and consists of 1/ capture, 2/ storage, 3/ transmission

Focus on (1) is great, but (2) is the breaker of chains. Solving (2) at enough efficiency should largely obviate the need for (3). Store and ship massively efficient solid state "batteries" instead of building (ie, owning) transmission infra