You can post all the hypotheses there is on the subject but it does not deter from the fact that if costs are relative a self sustained energy source will win out over one that has to be recharged every time...there is no argument...costs are the crux of the issue not necessarily just the technology.
You're skipping over his first paragraph:
100 years later the ICE power plant has evolved a lot but still dumps 80 gallons of gas by products into our living environment for every 100 gallons we put into the gas tank. This is in your face and up your nose local pollution that is starting to bother me in a physical way.
If you live out in the open country in Texas, air pollution likely isn't a concern. But the majority of Americans live close enough to roads and freeways to be affected by air pollution, and would benefit by improved air quality.
Have you seen the news about choking (literally) air pollution in New Delhi? One report said something like 90x the level considered harmful. Causes are illegal stubble burning, autos, and Diwali fireworks. (Diwali is similar to New Years or July 4 here). Personal experience of 'in your face and up your nose local pollution that is starting to bother me in a physical way': we came back from visiting Daughter during her semester abroad in new Delhi. At SF airport our luggage never came out and we were the last ones remaining to go through customs, then we were pulled aside and interrogated, extensively. I finally asked what was going on. The INS agent took my camera, swabbed it, and put the tissue in a sensor device. He said he got a reading for gunpowder so strong that I must have fired a weapon just before flying back. And my luggage had tested the same, it must contain a concealed weapon they couldn't find, so they were holding us until we confessed or something. He wasn't polite, he was taking the approach of being continually more harsh to get the the answers he needed.
That explained it. I told him we had experienced Diwali fireworks smoke so extreme we couldn't see the length of a block and our throats were sore. He never head of Diwali but at least that explanation made sense to him when we didn't have any other negative history or evidence. We were finally allowed to enter the country long after everyone else from that plane had departed the airport.
We had been miserable in that air pollution. I can't imagine a lifetime living like that. And Los Angeles was nearly that bad 40 years ago. I recall going down there frequently on business, and breathing all week was like the discomfort of too much bleach used for scrubbing the shower. At least for America's urban areas where most of the population is, anything that reduces pollution is worth it.
