Braydon Fuller on Nostr: It seems like some scientists are censoring themselves. There is talk about the ...

It seems like some scientists are censoring themselves. There is talk about the greater efficiency of electric motors to fuel engines, however they will not mention the more significant and extremely low energy per weight efficiency of the necessary batteries. The problem is misdirected away, which is counterproductive.

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"To make solar and wind power suitable for modern life would require using battery technology, which has an abysmally low energy per weight, in the range of 0.5 MJ/kg, which is roughly 1% of the energy density of oil or natural gas. Batteries are also very expensive, and so their use is primarily in areas where engines are not practical."

— saifedean (npub1gdu…6nak) (Principles of Economics, 2023)

Furthermore, nuclear power and hydropower, that don't need battery technology, are often neglected, which is inconsistent.