JBee
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I like dreaming of a "wireless" future. It is powered wirelessly, not by starlink fusion, but rather solar fusion by radiation from the sun.Now you’re dreaming…
30 yrs. into Future for wireless energy sans grid, sans infrastructure and sans economy of scale, Starlink is not beaming fusion energy to ground yet.
Venezuela and Iran fossil fuel costs are corner cases in isolation.
You are correct to assume fossil fuels will power under developed countries until costs flip in favor of EV transportation
The primary reasons that solar powered devices are cumbersome in their use are:
1. the sun only shines during the day when it's light out
2. that weather affects how much power can be used at that particular time.
3. that peak power needs can't always be met without installing excessive solar that in turn reduces affordability
Essentially if it's not day time and there isn't good weather (or your at a high latitude) you're stuffed if you rely on solar. To overcome that you need storage, so that your time of charge (daytime with good weather) can be different to your time of discharge and use (night time and cloud cover).
Now not all storage has to be in bulk, or attached to a house or car, or electrical network for that matter. A lot of tech can actually work from modern batteries directly if done right. So batteries for devices that need power most of the time. Notebooks without batteries are just plain desktop computers, mobile phones without batteries household cable phones, EV's without batteries are electric trains or trolley buses etc. In fact typically the closer we can install energy storage to the site of demand the better it's portability and accessibility for use by a consumer. Portable power is possible and a worthwhile endeavor as it adds convenience and efficiency.
My previous post on developing nations and battery storage was meant to clearly demonstrate that not all electrical demand is the same, and because the needs in developing nations are different, we shouldn't force them to use fossil, or outdated grid network technology to empower their lives and add a little bit of an improvement in standard of living, by giving them a cost effective and functional solar flashlight and mobile charging source.
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