Tony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation
What it is
Stanford futurist Tony Seba argues that electric vehicles, battery storage, solar and autonomous vehicles form a 10x exponential disruption that will make fossil fuels obsolete within about a decade. It draws on his Clean Disruption book.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters cite it as a big-picture case for exponential solar and EV adoption, usually with caveats about whether his predictions will hold.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2017, last 2019
What HN commenters said
“Watch this youtube vide of Tony Seba”
Argues EVs, batteries, solar and autonomy are a 10x exponential disruption.
zuluwill, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton to leave company”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: solar power, electric vehicles, battery storage, autonomous vehicles, technology disruption
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