Renewable energy and gaming.

[Steedeel]

I wonder what the future will look like for gaming considering we are moving to renewable energy over the next 10-20 years. Let me explain. Solar and Wind Turbine are intermittent sources of power. The sun only lasts a limited time and it’s not always windy. This means for the national grid to support a renewable energy future, we need a new battery technology that can store energy in these solar farms etc.. Current technology is limited and wouldn’t be able to handle the demands of customers on a mass scale. This means, at the present time, technology doesn’t exist to backup solar farms and turbines to the extent required to move everyone to renewables. This is quite worrying to me as it means we won’t have electricity at our fingertips 24/7. This would obviously mean consoles and PCs would be useless for gaming unless everyone games during the day (impossible if you work).

So, to summarise, we are reliant on the invention of a new battery tech or much much improved solar tech at the very least to secure a long term future for gaming.

Plenty of research and investment is happening but it’s a race against time.

I never see anyone raising concerns about this side of climate change.

Obviously, PS5 and the next Xbox are safe this gen but it’s a concern for after that.

Thoughts please. Do you think scientists and researchers will come up with a battery storage solution or are we doomed to go back to the dark ages when the sun goes down.