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95% of stored energy in the US is hydro-electric pump storage. People really have no understanding of how the grid works. We don't just run gas plants all night
by criley2 4y ago
95% of stored energy in the US is hydro-electric pump storage. People really have no understanding of how the grid works. We don't just run gas plants all night.
- LarryMullins 4y agoGas plants aren't "stored energy", you're comparing apples to oranges. 95% of stored energy amounts to little more than bupkis, the US grid doesn't run off stored energy at night.
- barney54 4y agoNatural gas in pipelines is stored energy. A pile of coal at a coal plant is stored energy. Nuclear fuel roads are stored energy.
- LarryMullins 4y agoThese are not stored energy in the "stored energy" sense, you can't feed solar power into a gas plant and get it back out at night. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_storage
- pfdietz 4y ago"Stockpiled" would be a better term.