[aerohead]

In China, there are solar farms with grid-scale batteries where, if a cloud comes over the electronics seamlessly dovetails into the batteries, providing output without a hiccup. We don't need to invent a thing.
When automobiles came out, there were virtually no paved roads or filling stations, and horse drawn vehicles dominated the roads.
Anyone born today might presume that whatever infrastructure they see and take for granted has always existed. They'd be wrong.
There's no long-term future for pistons, gasoline, diesel, coal, and natural gas. They're a solution to a problem we no longer have. And their emissions are the reason we've got to give them up. Times about up.