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The most damning argument against using solar or other intermittent renewables as the main form of electricity generation is there aren't high eroei storage tec
by khed 11y ago
The most damning argument against using solar or other intermittent renewables as the main form of electricity generation is there aren't high eroei storage techniques. http://festkoerper-kernphysik.de/Weissbach_EROI_preprint.pdf http://festkoerper-kernphysik.de/Weissbach_EROI_preprint.pdf
- Retric 11y agoBad math. If it takes 10kwh to build a 1kwh storage system that seems like an issue. However, if you use that storage system to store 1kwh every day for 20 years that's 10kwh to store 7,300 kwh which is clearly a non issue. PS: From a cost of energy standpoint you can quickly see that at 10c/kwh all forms of energy storage are way in the black on this issue. Just by looking at their cost vs how much they store over their lifetime. But, more importantly storage is supplemental as during some of the day you’re just directly using the energy without storage.