If batteries were 2x better in every regard today, 1/2 the cost, 2x the life, etc... solar would be very cheap. It would replace every other type of electrical power generation and would make EVs actually usable. Diesel and jet fuel and other forms of liquid fuels would probably persist, but the vast bulk of the 13 million barrels of oil per day the US consumes on transportation would be replaced by the sun.
The biggest change would be decentralized generation of power. I think that would lead to decentralized government and everything else too. The obvious parasitism of the government would become glaring at that point. The money system would change too... who needs petrodollars, then?
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