In 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, there's a chapter where a bunch of figures about the submarine are given. I played around with the math, and discovered that the figures were accurate. Cool!
Probably not surprising at all, but my brother once ran the numbers on how much energy it would take to "fire a pound of bacon into the asteroid belt", and I don't remember the exact number but it was roughly comparable to the capacity of modern EV batteries -- a few tens of kwh.
Of course Stephenson figured out how much battery a useful EV would need, before concocting a throwaway line about it. In 1992.
Of course Stephenson figured out how much battery a useful EV would need, before concocting a throwaway line about it. In 1992.