I was looking at some vintage Popular Science mags from the early 70's for the heck of it a few years ago. Many of the articles could be mistaken for ones today on installing solar panels DIY, electric cars. The tech has barely moved! Solar and electric cars are not the answer. We need a lot of power as in atomic reaction power.
@beastmode:
You are correct, in that the technology really hasn't evolved much, relative to other things. Batteries are better, smaller, and last longer. Solar panels haven't evolved too much. Some will argue that it is a conspiracy to keep fossil fuels as the primary source of energy. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense: Someone could progress technology to be able provide energy at a third or half the cost, and have it be mostly renewable, but doesn't want to do become a trillionaire, because, you know, Exxon. Right. 4951