Re:Wind now competes with fossil fuels, and solar almost does
by AngrySkillzz on Thursday October 08, 2015 @10:49PM
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There are also alternative storage solutions, like flywheel and pumped water storage. I don't know where those stand at the moment, but I imagine that a they are at least competitive with batteries, seeing as current batteries have fairly low storage capacity and need to be replaced regularly.
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Re:Wind now competes with fossil fuels, and solar almost does
by toomuchtodo on Thursday October 08, 2015 @10:53PM
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I excluded flywheels and pumped storage as they're rarely cost effective except in a few edge cases. Cargo containers full of batteries can be trucked or sent by ship anywhere necessary, and I expect them to get cheap very fast.