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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by Certhas on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:12PM (#23980762)
Methanization is currently expected to be the critical storage component for CO2 neutral energy systems. A major driver of storage need in many places is not renewable fluctuations but seasonal fluctuations: You need more heating in winter/AC in summer. So make Methane and store the gas. Technologically this is all solved.
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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by cheerlessbog on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @06:20PM (#23981305)
New opportunities to leak methane and we've seen it's often cheaper to ignore leaks, given the cost of it is incurred by the planet.
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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by Certhas on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:57AM (#23984711)
If you put the methanation plants next to the gas power plants you don't need leaky gas infrastructure. And methane leaks still seem easier to deal with than nuclear waste.
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