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Well, nobody had ever flown a plane before the Wright brothers.

Civilization has had grid scale electrical power for over a hundred years. It’s sheer hubris to ignore the fact that this is a mature industry with experts that have studied the problem for decades.

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I suggest you read the book "The Innovation Stack." It's a presents a good alternative to the "Hubris" argument, with specific examples related to quite established industries.

The person asking isn’t trying to innovate, just do what other people are already doing (which is cool; I make my living doing what millions of people do very similarly.)

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