There are plenty of papers which look at precisely the economic and carbon tradeoffs of these sorts of processes. It all just depends on where you are. When you

There are plenty of papers which look at precisely the economic and carbon tradeoffs of these sorts of processes. It all just depends on where you are. When you have a clean grid and a cheap grid, these methods become pretty feasible. Take a look at De Luna et al, Science 364 2019 [1] [1] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aav3506 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aav3506