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Agreed - fuel as energy storage is the future. Build out a lot of excess solar and wind capacity, and then use all the excess capacity to continually generate f
by jagraff 4y ago
Agreed - fuel as energy storage is the future. Build out a lot of excess solar and wind capacity, and then use all the excess capacity to continually generate fuels by extracting greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. So we still burn fuel and use the atmosphere to buffer our emissions, but it all gets extracted out so we no longer have the same negative externalities (as long as the full cost of extraction is paid by the consumer of the fuel, which presumably could be done with a tax if implemented correctly).
- ncmncm 4y agoMethanol is a poor choice for storing energy. It needs carbon from somewhere. Ammonia and hydrogen will be practical: ammonia stored at low pressure, and hydrogen underground.