@brewsterkahle that's what we do, early music performers, playing (analogically) music from medieval and renaissance manuscripts and prints :-)Check imslp/Petrucci if you want other material.

@GustavinoBevilacqua Solar panels are not part of the picture, and even if they were, it would not amount to much power, unfortunately.

Yes, souped-up golf carts and they are being used for general mobility... In Rome they are common, in Amsterdam they are everywhere!And in gated communities, like in Palm Springs. Now San Francisco.Americans can keep the SUV in the garage and drive LSVs.(ala 15 minute cities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city )

2/21GWh = would take 1.7M Liters of water = 85 water trucks. ok, that is alot of trucks, but it is also alot of groundwater. so worth it? maybe a pipeline from the sea. maybe build midcoast california-- dry but next to the sea. and we could use the fresh water for farming.

2/2"When the sun dips and demand spikes, those batteries push stored solar power back onto the grid, slashing reliance on gas plants and driving fossil gas use for electricity down nearly 40%."from https://www.transitionfinanceweekly.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email