silence7

Be nice, but a lot of utility regulators are effectively controlled by the utilities.

US bribery laws are incredibly lax compared with other developed nations. You have to prove a quid pro quo, not just that money was handed over followed by official favor.

Utility-scale batteries are getting to the point of displacing a bunch of that gas. Nuclear is sufficiently expensive that we're probably only going to use modest amounts of it.

Large corporate environments often have a team which reviews updates and may defer them from being rolled out.

Per the article:

Sekisui Chemical, a supplier to display makers, is tackling the moisture issue. It says it has developed sealants that allow its cells to last 10 years.

Not nearly as good as silicon, but perhaps good enough for a lot of applications

Here's a gift link you can edit into the URL in your post so everybody can access the article

Without government forcing change, yes.

You can, but the result is that a bunch of navigation, tire pressure monitoring, and other features break

Yes, they can be repaired but it stops being cost-effective eventually. So almost everybody eventually replaces old cars