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Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage by pythonaut_16 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:29AM (#17144960)
In a sense then you could say it's the Javascript of energy storage.

Not the best on technical merits alone, but good enough along with a massive force of investment and wide adoption.

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Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage by matthewmcg on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:47AM (#17145146)
I think the surname of John B. Goodenough, one of the early Li-ion pioneers, is apt for the status of the technology.
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Re:Ditch the Batteries: Off-Grid Compressed Air Energy Storage by zdkl on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:22PM (#17145547)
I'll be damned, this wasn't a troll. Today I learned...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Goodenough

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