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The future is now! https://qz.com/1355672/stacking-concrete-blocks-is-a-surprisingly-efficient-way-to-store-energy/ https://qz.com/1355672/stacking-concrete-bl

The future is now! https://qz.com/1355672/stacking-concrete-blocks-is-a-surprisingly-efficient-way-to-store-energy/ https://qz.com/1355672/stacking-concrete-blocks-is-a-surpris... All of the technology surrounding solar storage is science fiction right now - we have lots of things working at a nano-scale. And every one of them has problems when we imagine using them to store nation-sized power. If stacking blocks of concrete is what prevails, then of course we need to compare the death tolls from that to what we see with nuclear and other technologies.

bronson 7y ago
A 20-meter-tall, single-armed crane is the future? According to your article, that’s all that exists now. So, again, maybe or maybe not. You have a long, long way to go first.
pfdietz 7y ago
Pumped hydro is science fiction? No.
mimixco 7y ago
I believe Spain has working salt storage for solar power at commercial scale.[0] [O] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Spain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Spain