I was speaking in absolute terms. When speaking in relative terms to a newly built fossil fuel plant you are most likely correct. You'd be hard pressed to find

I was speaking in absolute terms. When speaking in relative terms to a newly built fossil fuel plant you are most likely correct. You'd be hard pressed to find a plausible source of energy that's worse for the environment (immediate AND long term) than burning dirty sequestered carbon sources like coal and oil. When speaking in relative terms to a newly built nuclear plant—the context of my response—batteries would be significantly worse per KWh of baseload energy supplied.