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If you wanted to get by with only solar and hydrogen storage, then you would need to store a lot of hydrogen. But fortunately, we also have wind, and a moderat
by twic 6y ago
If you wanted to get by with only solar and hydrogen storage, then you would need to store a lot of hydrogen.
But fortunately, we also have wind, and a moderate amount of on-demand renewable power (hydro, biomass). To smooth that out, you need to store much less hydrogen.
- macspoofing 6y agoHydro is a great option ... as long as you have the geography for it. Biomass is an environmental disaster. You're destroying huge swaths of natural habitats so you can grow corn or whatever just to burn ... does that sound like technology of the future? Wind has the exact same problems as solar and buys you almost nothing.
- twic 6y agoWind and solar tend to produce power at different times. The intermittency of wind + solar is much less than either alone.
- macspoofing 6y agoThey really don't. That's one problem.