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Way 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
by ncmncm 5y ago
Way 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.