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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by moron4hire on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @10:31AM (#14594901)
> Each one of those things is inherently a form of energy storage, because you don't need any of those to start up or stop at the same milisecond where you flip the switch.

You lost me. I don't understand how that connects.

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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by halomru on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @10:45AM (#14595015)
In a way a dishwasher is storing energy in the form of clean dishes. Now instead of storing electricity to run the dishwasher whenever, you simply run the dishwasher when there's an electricity surplus
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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by ocschwar on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @10:58AM (#14595114)
In particular, when the dishwasher's in the drying phase. Do you really care if the heating element turns off here and there at that time? Probably not.
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