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"Just build a 10m tall San Francisco sized battery farm lol smh" Congratulations on suggesting the most impractical, stupidly dangerous (mmmmh battery fires),
by ohgodplsno 5y ago
"Just build a 10m tall San Francisco sized battery farm lol smh"
Congratulations on suggesting the most impractical, stupidly dangerous (mmmmh battery fires), impossible to make, single point of failure. At least it won't be attacked because it only lasts a single day anyways.
Stick to philosophy and let actual engineers build a grid, thank you.
- ncmncm 5y agoWay to miss the point. San Francisco does not occupy much of the Earth's surface, or even of the continental US. This battery farm, spread out between all the towns in the US, would not even be noticed.
- ohgodplsno 5y agoYou're missing your own point. It lasts for a single day. A project using up pretty much all of Earth's currently usable lithium resources, for a single day of storage. It's worthless.
- ncmncm 5y agoThen it is a good thing not much of the storage built will use lithium. You are really reaching. It wears badly.
- yodelshady 5y agoHe's not missing it at all. I've seen the investment pitches. Nobody is seriously considering it for a reason, it's a terrible, terrible, idea. Covering intermittent sources is pretty much 100% public sector's responsibility, everywhere.
- ncmncm 5y agoYes, and it is done with resources in place, not in San Francisco. And, for resources in place, whether so impractical as lithium batteries, or as practical as pumped hydro, iron-air batteries, banked hydrogen, or transmission lines reaching operating generation elsewhere, the space required is in no way prohibitive. Which was the point.