I often see posted about how covering a relatively small area in a desert with solar panels could power the world – but transferring that energy is too difficult. Why can’t we just use that to charge batteries and ship them places/ everywhere?
In: Physics
To add to other comments, Some situations are limited on space and/or weight. (Think shipping or air travel) and, while batteries are getting smaller and better all time, we don’t have batteries that can store enough energy that are small and light enough to say power a commercial airplane (a concept known as energy density).
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