i have an idea,
let's ban the only technology that provides a solution to a current requirement or situation before there is a viable alternative to that technology.
but we should push the ban out several years in hopes that the impending ban will motivate further advances in the currently lacking technologies.
this will hopefully make those lacking technologies more viable.
as a side result, the impending ban will stifle advances in the current technology keeping it from being improved upon.
it's just stupid.
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Side note:
i watched the
Formula E race in NYC in July
46 laps of a 1.22 mile road circuit in Brooklyn NY at Pier 11 and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal... awesome.
i was excited to see what kind of technologies they would have in that racing environment that could be coming to the consumer level:
rapid charge capability?
quick swap-able batteries?
more effective regenerative power?
nah
just a big ass battery in a lightweight car, and instead of any type of charging or battery changes they literally swapped the entire car halfway through the race.
there is a minimum 47 second pit stop where the driver pulls in, jumps out of one car, gets secured in the new car and then heads back on to the track. (the minimum time is intended to ensure no shortcuts are taken when securing the driver in the new car for the sake of getting them on the track faster)
while the race itself was pretty cool
the technology was pretty lame
it was like saying you are going to Gumball a Tesla, 3000 miles of balls out driving across the country, but every 60 miles or so you have to get in to an entirely new charged car, and repeat that 50 times.
now Formula E is a new series (currently in its 3rd season) , so maybe that technology will be coming some time in the future
or maybe the series will simply die out
who knows
but if the tech is not showing up in racing then it is no where near showing up at the consumer level in any realistic way
a lot can and will change in 20 years, but the death of the internal combustion engine has been being touted since the 70s and yet it still reigns supreme.
there are a lot of technologies that keep claiming to be just a few years away that will make mind blowing advancements in things like batteries, charging, and electric motor efficiency, but they never seem to become much more than vaporware.
cold fusion is coming any day now too...