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"it won't be long until we have enough batteries at low enough cost to make this feasible" Right now it's not possible, and there is no solution in sight. Edi
by Thaxll 5y ago
"it won't be long until we have enough batteries at low enough cost to make this feasible"
Right now it's not possible, and there is no solution in sight.
Edit: Why I'm being downvoted, we can't store energy at scale for now, end of the story.
- eldaisfish 5y agoyou are being downvoted - as am i - for raising valid questions about the blind belief that renewable energy is the sole, viable replacement for our current generation mix. Goes to show that many here do not fully understand the challenges of running an electric grid and also that far too many have bought into the propaganda of wind, solar and battery storage being the sole path forward.
- onethought 5y agoWe can. Pumped hydro, thermal storage, or gravity storage are all large scale options. Where is the end of story?
- bluGill 5y ago> Pumped hydro, <snip> large scale options Not large enough. There isn't enough space on earth for all the lakes needed to make pumped hydro work. Sure where there is unused potential we should use it, but there isn't a whole lot of places left where we can do it - even before we get into how hydro tends to destroy ecosystems.