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Old 07-22-2019, 02:41 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Yeah, I keep thinking moon power is the most consistent, and as an added bonus might help dampen the eb and flow of tides.

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People keep saying things like "batteries have three times the capacity for one-third the price compared to three years ago."

It still seems like we are still pretty far from where we need to be.
I don't think so. There are small incremental improvements recently, but I don't see there being massive room for improvement unless a totally different chemistry is developed.

Similar to what happened in the transistor world, there's limits to what can be done, and processing power isn't going to get smaller/cheaper/more efficient unless a completely new technology is developed. Moore's law is dead.
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