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Clean Disruption - Why Energy & Transportation will be Obsolete by 2030 - Oslo, March 2016

Tony Seba · talk · Watch on YouTube

Renewables, batteries & storageCars, EVs & motorcyclesFuturism & technology and society

What it is

Tony Seba's 2016 keynote argues that batteries, electric vehicles, self-driving cars and solar will converge to disrupt energy and transportation. He predicts by 2030 all new vehicles will be electric and autonomous and that oil and other fossil fuels will be obsolete.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as a well-argued case that solar plus batteries and EVs will reach a tipping point sooner than mainstream forecasts expect.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “the linked reference is a well argued version of the near future of transportation and energy. Highly recommended”

    Well argued view of the near future of transportation and energy.

    b_emery, 2016-09 · Strong recommendation · in “How to Raise Trillions for Green Investments”

  2. “There's an excellent talk by Tony Seba at the Nordic Enegy Summit”

    Argues batteries and solar will reach tipping point sooner than forecast.

    spditner, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Battery technology may emerge as a trillion-dollar threat to credit markets”

  3. “Interesting talk on this topic”

    Argues solar plus batteries will undercut fossil fuels.

    patrickk, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estimates”

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Topics: electric vehicles, solar energy, batteries, self-driving cars, technology disruption

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