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Batteries are actually terrible at storing large amount of energy for any significant period of time, otherwise this would be the solution everywhere
by poontang1 5y ago
Batteries are actually terrible at storing large amount of energy for any significant period of time, otherwise this would be the solution everywhere
- AlexandrB 5y agoHowever bad batteries are at storing energy long-term, I guarantee that bitcoin mining rigs are worse. It's hard for a battery to do worse than losing 100% of "stored" energy immediately to heat.
- jmcgeeney 5y agoYou don't usually need to store energy for a significant period of time, just until the daily peak. Last I checked, the efficiency for charge + discharge was something like 70%, which, in any case, is much better than the 0% energy savings from using that energy to mine crypto.