The world we live in today runs on batteries. But the lithium ion batteries that dominate the market are expensive and environmentally demanding to extract. The raw materials for lithium ion batteries are scarce and concentrated in a few geographical regions. This places continued pressure on supply chains.
Could. But both the major parties are corrupted by the fossil fuel industry so there’s little chance.
Also the power companies would like artificially low supply to keep the prices high since most of them hold monopoly anyways.