Now that's a collaboration. Two men in awe of each other for quite different reasons.
I remember watching this documentary when it was released this summer. They cover a huge range of issues in this short twenty a minute interview (and I'm never quite sure who's interviewing who), but one of the main points they make is having the ability to store electricity. Our ability to do such is incredibly poor. If we can find a way of storing electricity, then many renewable electricity sources suddenly become much more viable. The issue with renewable electricity is you can't turn then on or off, up or down, when you want. It's there, and if you don't use it it's wasted, and if you want more you can't get it.
I'd encourage anyone to watch this interview from two of the best and most significant voices of our generation.
You raise a really interesting point about the storing of electricity, and I definitely agree that it would greatly increase efficiencies and therefore uptake on renewable energies. It seems like a worthy cause for investment and research.
ReplyDeleteI think there is investment, similar to anyone who is investing in better batteries. And not even from an ethical standpoint, whoever invents a better way of storing electricity would instantly become one of the worlds richest (and hopefully reinvest that money in renewable electricity!).
DeleteYes, storing electricity seems a no-brainer. Why has the research never been done? We have so much amazing technology and then this huge unsolved stumbling block.
ReplyDeleteI think researcher institutions and private firms are trying. As mentioned above, research into batteries is research into this. The scales, obviously, are worlds apart. If this stumbling block is overcome then the potential for renewable electricity would certainly reach new heights.
DeleteWhoever cracks that one will make a fortune, should be incentive enough
DeleteIt's obviously very very hard! Easy route to richest person (almost slipped up on being PC there!) in the world that one.
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