Should we switch to alternative sources of energy?

[bedub1]

people on wheels like a hamster in a cage?

[oggiss]

f you want to get rich, make a better battery. There is an infinite supply of "power" already everywhere around us....in the wind, the sun, gravity of falling water, splitting of atoms etc.

The problem isn't the generation of power, it's the storage and transfer of power. The US has a power grid, that generates just enough power to meet demand. Instead of trying to maintain a perfect equilibrium...as much power as possible can be generated and stored efficiently...."everything" could just run off batteries and all power generated would be used to charge and recharge the batteries.

Invent a better battery, and all our problems will be solved. Electric cars would be perfect if the batteries were half as heavy and lasted 100-1000 times longer. Even a 10 fold increase in storage capacity/life would be incredible, and finally make the vehicle usable.

It's like that everywhere

The usage of the sun would be enormous if we made a better battery.

[Iliad]

We should turn people into batteries, that would solve two problems at once! population and energy.

AHA!