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I'm starting to think it's a waste of time even pursuing battery storage on a large scale. Sometimes going low-tech is the better and cheaper way. This tech lo

I'm starting to think it's a waste of time even pursuing battery storage on a large scale. Sometimes going low-tech is the better and cheaper way. This tech looks _way_ more promising and it's already in use now: Molten salt storage https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-concentrating-solar-tower-is-worth-its-salt-with-24-7-power/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-concentrating... I have no idea the costs, but I'm sure if ramped up it could be cheaper.

zebrafish 9y ago
Heliostat molten salt looks to be so promising for so many different applications. There is a looming water crisis that I think heliostat molten salt could help alleviate by using it for desalination.
graphitezepp 9y ago
I never had any faith in national grid scale batteries powering everything over night. If this is good as it sounds it looks like the future to me, being so much less limited by rare resources.