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>I can't even imagine what sort of project it would be to even control a fire in grid-scale installation... That is going to be true regardless of storage tech

>I can't even imagine what sort of project it would be to even control a fire in grid-scale installation... That is going to be true regardless of storage technology. Concentrating energy into a tiny volume is effectively making a bomb.

ncmncm 5y ago
We don't need a small volume. A water reservoir up a hill stores lots of energy efficiently. Iron-air batteries, when fully charged, are just a lot of pure iron. Lithium, when it burns produces gaseous lithium oxide, which becomes lye, drain opener, when it gets to your nose.