Well Thomas I found an explanation of the manufacturing process for these new batteries. Sheet metal is rolled out on a line then sprayed with various coatings that are then baked on.

Then the sheet is rolled up for maximum surface area in the smallest space. Nothing exotic in these batteries either. The nano layer materials are made in a separate process then sprayed on just as the other materials.

The nano layer provides a low resistance, high current flow because a uniform very thin layer is possible to prevent arcing within the battery.

It appears that only mass production is lacking to bring the cost down, just as with solar cells.

Think of this process of mass production of batteries and solar panels in this effort to stop global climate change and oil wars versus the Manhattan Project during WW 2.

The technical difficulties and danger involved in the atom bomb project were orders of magnitude more challenging. And yet we still don't have the will or leadership to win this time around.

As Al Gore said, even a nuclear war would leave most of this planet inhabitable, people still live in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

But how can civilization withstand the weather volatility in evidence right now. The cleanup and economic losses will mount into the 100s of trillions very quickly as more violent storms bring flooding and drought conditions bring on catastrophic crop failure and fires.

And how do you move whole cities back from flooding coastlines? Wouldn't mass producing these renewable energy systems be much less expensive? And at the same time revive the flagging US manufacturing sector and restore the tax base?

As with the internet boom, this renewable energy boom would start to pay down the deficit and the national debt. The internet boom went bust, not everyone needed or wanted to use the net.

This energy boom will be different, decades long, powered by productivity gains built into every economic sector underlying all industrial activity.