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user-inactivated  ·  3919 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Carbon Crash, Solar Dawn

Sure, of course. The question is what will it take to make alternatives to fossil fuels cheaper?

Take the automobile - to fuel that using something other than fossil fuels requires not only improvements in battery technology - which at this point may be maturing more quickly now than even two years ago - it also requires significant upgrades in the electrical grid itself.

See:

     Scientific American: Will Electric Cars Wreck the Grid?

     Clean Technica: Southern California Edison Offers Insight Into Impact Of Electric Vehicles On Grid
Unless you were thinking of fueling the automobile by some other means?

As I understand it, upgrading the the electrical grid will cost money and take time. Until that happens I will be surprised to see electrical vehicles take up a significant share of the auto market, and until they do I think we have to assume the fossil fuel industry is in charge.