General predictions and guesses

2018 Electricity and Storage

As we move to more variable solar (and a bit of wind) storage will not keep up.
The solution is demand side management using variable price, send a data stream on the power line with price changing on a minute by minute basis.
Every minute you get 1. Current price e.g. $0.02111/kWh, 2. estimate price in next 5min, 3. estimated price in next 30min
There should also be a way for homeowners to supply power from batteries if the price is right, with some incentive to make it less variable
- Less Variable supply.
  - 1st Min x1 kW free.
  - 2nd Min only paid for up to 1stMin x1 kW, if more than 1st everything more than 10% increase kW (x2-x1*1.1) free, if less than kW free if not in 10% of 1st min
  - and so on always looking at previous minute
  - Incentivise to slow ramp, e.g. 500W/1stmin-free, 550W/2ndmin - full pay, etc, and when price falls, slow wramp down 1kW/t+0min, 900w/t+1min, 810w/t+2min.

As wifi gets faster, 10Gbit/100Gbit it will be used as a server interconnect in data centers.
Allows for auto re-wire depending on speed needed, e.g. moving to less loaded AP/Switch
Simplify replacement and moving of servers.

Will be with us by 2020
It will be a huge disrupter for the economy and civilization
- Replace - Taxi drivers, Truck drivers 24x7, Long hall trains, just sleep in your car, Delivery's

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