The solution is to make natural gas cheaper than coal, even free.
But the West reacts violently to "installing carbon-emitting natural gas in developing countries" and it doesn't happen.
But the West reacts violently to "installing carbon-emitting natural gas in developing countries" and it doesn't happen.
Of course people will oppose gas when we have a better and cheaper alternative.
It doesn't solve the storage problem, but it increases the price differential between electric and fossil fuels. That differential could be used for batteries, solar water heating, etc, etc.
Cooking off battery and using a heat pump water heater is pretty feasible at this point (feasible == cheaper than fossil fuels).
Heating the house and charging vehicles are the big energy hogs. Unfortunately, they're also big polluters.
If instead you try to build solar or wind and provide electrical for heating, maybe some of the rich will do it, but most everyone else will continue to burn coal (or tires).
The infrastructure and sophistication also just doesn't exist for highly insulated and heat-pump conditioned homes like in the West.
The population of India in 1965 was 500 million. Getting back to this level would dramatically increase the quality of life and resources available to each person.