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Battery Wars

Excellent article, with all the appropriate caveats. Necessity is truly the mother of invention. I'm reminded of the Chinese character that in essence says crisis and opportunity are one and the same.
I would not be at all suprised if a number of disruprive technologies lead us out of our current quagmire.

Preview from Europe: Rejected Auto Bailout Tanks Markets

This is why I can't buy the re-inflation idea, no matter what the Fed or other countries do in printing money. The demand side has fallen off a cliff, and accelerating. As much as they would like to avoid the deflation spiral, its all happening so fast they cannot do enough to avoid it.