think that the underlying truth of this whole story is that we are witnessing that battery evolution is coming to its end.
That´s what we thought in the early 80s. And then all those portable electronic devices came along (who remermbers the IMB PPC...) and all of a sudden there was another revolution in battery technology. Who would have thought about an e-book reader less than a quarter of an inch thick with a battery allowing
weeks of operation...
No, seriously I think we are just in the middle of a revolution in battery technology. And we aint see nothing yet. Maybe even battery powered passenger transport aircraft, recharged in 45 Minutes, will be the post mineral oil reality, in 20 years. At the moment this looks more realistic to me than hydrogen...