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It all hinges on batteries. I really really hope we find something. So many innovations have been held back by inadequate or expensive energy solutions. Port
by ScotterC 15y ago
It all hinges on batteries. I really really hope we find something. So many innovations have been held back by inadequate or expensive energy solutions. Portable, powerful and efficient energy storage could allow so much.
- ars 15y agoWe do actually have "Portable, powerful and efficient energy storage" - it's called gasoline :) (Or natural gas.) Think about the insane size of the inverters you would need to power the grid off of a DC battery. Instead you use cheaper types of energy during the night, and avoid the natural gas. Then during peak usage you fire up your natural gas battery and run a turbine.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoThis is not storage, not unless the gasoline is entirely synthetic and made from atmospheric CO2, which is not the case today.
- ars 15y agoSure it's storage. It might not have been stored by you, but it's storage. Don't confuse moving away from CO2 emitting fuel with energy storage, they are two different things.