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This might make sense if there were a single big but scarce global bucket of instantaneously available energy. But that's not how it works. The availability of
by sanderjd 3y ago
This might make sense if there were a single big but scarce global bucket of instantaneously available energy. But that's not how it works. The availability of energy is incredibly skewed across location and time.
- rcxdude 3y agoIndeed. I wasn't insinuating it never made sense to power something like this today, just that it only makes sense when there is excess renewables available.
- sanderjd 3y agoYes but there are excess renewables available, in many places at many times. So it's already the case that it makes sense to power something like this, in many places at many times.