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Episode 21: Can Technology Save Us? (Part 1- Electricity)

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Are Renewables a Good Idea?

The biggest obstacle I've heard that we have is storage. We're talking about somewhere around four to six percent of that two and a half percent is actual battery storage, like lithium ion batteries. There's pumped hydropower, compressed air, energy storage, thermal energy storage. But from what I learned when I looked into it, the main issue is that we were just so far behind the eight ball. It feels insurmountable. And I don't feel like it's impossible but we've got a road ahead of us"

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