well, i think mostly what he did with the announcement is open people s minds to the possibility. i mean, currently, batteries are still too big and bulky and hold too little power to make solar dominant, more than sort of an add-on to other forms of power. but, you know, technology continues to develop, solar cells are going to get smaller and more efficient and batteries, also, and other forms of energy storage are going to get smaller and smaller. eventually, it won t be some big thing stuck on your wall. it will be integrated into your home and the solar cells, too, will be integrated into your home. the home themselves, the buildings themselves will become harvesters and energizers of storer unobtrusively and energy. the problem is sort of a consumer option, right? what we ve seen right now is solar is going through this tremendous revolution because the price has just dropped in this way that we totally unprecedented, right?
he revealed a commercial selection of the battery called the power pack which is designed to be infinitely available. you can transition the united states with 900 million, you can transition the world. you can basically make all electricity generation in the world renewable. and primarily solar. joining me now, david roberts and tech consultant adviser shelly palmer. david, let me start with you. you just wrote this piece about solar being essentially inevitable. how big was how big a problem is the battery problem? how far did musk get with this announcement? well, i think mostly what he did with the announcement is open people s minds to the possibility. i mean, currently, batteries are still too big and bulky and hold too little power to make solar dominant, more than sort of an add-on to other forms of power.
too little power to make solar dominant, more than sort of an add-on to other forms of power. but, you know technology continues to develop, solar cells are going to get smaller and more efficient and batteries, also and other forms of energy storage are going to get smaller and smaller. eventually, it won t be some big thing stuck on your wall. it will be integrated into your home and the solar cells, too, will be integrated into your home. the home themselves, the buildings themselves will become harvesters and energies of storer unobject troout trucively and energy. the problem is sort of a consumer option right? what we ve seen right now is solar is going through this tremendous revolution because the price has just dropped in this way that we totally unprecedented, right? but there s this viral effect. there s studies out that say people that see, have neighbors with solar panels are more likely to get solar panels.