[dTal]

Cheap solar combined with the electric transport revolution (courtesy of better batteries), and the likely implications towards the architecture of our future power generation and storage.

It costs money, but it's now possible to live a first-world lifestyle - sports car and all - without burning any fossil fuels. Houses can be made self-sufficient. The biggest impediment to turning that into a massive distributed green power grid is regulatory.

We'll need that grid, so I'm confident the walls will come down. Electric cars are widely accepted as the future, with many countries attempting to ban ICE cars completely within a relatively short timeframe, but nobody seems to be strongly considering how on earth we'll charge them all. There's going to be a rocky period of power shortages, but that will incentivize the construction of off-grid homes, which will incentivize ways of arbitrating their surplus power. The future of this space looks interesting.

An offshoot of all this that's exciting from a social perspective is the rise of personal electric transport, like e-scooters and e-bikes. We're well on our way to eliminating fossil fuels from our cities, and that makes me happy.

[leobg]

Second this, though from a slightly different angle. Never was a car person myself. But do yourself a favor and rent a Tesla for a day. Your life will never be the same again. And neither will the world.

[colourgarden]

My take on this is that governments should be incentivising power/oil companies to create public infrastructure for electric car charging which would further speed up the move away from oil-based energy.

I'm not particularly well informed but I believe Barcelona city has made some steps on this by incorporating a jointly-held power company to add hundreds of charging points around the city. Public infrastructure achieved but via private investment.

More here - https://www.endolla.barcelona/en/