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Except we know that existing fossil fuel burning plants are about 30% efficient. No battery is that bad. This is a really weak idea that only sounds good if you
by ebbv 9y ago
Except we know that existing fossil fuel burning plants are about 30% efficient. No battery is that bad. This is a really weak idea that only sounds good if you don’t think about the details at all.
(And remember that 30% is only on the recovery side, you’d have to factor in any inefficiencies on the storage side before getting a final efficiency number to compare against other means such as batteries.)
- usrusr 9y ago> Except we know that existing fossil fuel burning plants are about 30% efficient High efficiency gas plants are reaching 60%, and it gets better when you have consumers for waste heat who would otherwise be burning fossils just for heating. Maybe you are be confusing the numbers with well-to-wheels efficiency of electric cars?