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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by simiones on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:51AM (#29176014)
> Criminy. Do I have to design it, too? Most homes have a basement or a crawl space.

In Europe at least, the vast majority of people live in high-rise blocks, which barely have adequate parking space, never mind any room for electricity storage. None of your solutions are even close to practical from this point of view alone.

Not to mention, relying on the market to be rational really can't be the solution to keeping the grid functional. Blackouts are massively disruptive and potentially life threatening.

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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by WalterBright on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @01:29PM (#29178358)
Again, I'm not talking about storing electricity. Just storing heat or cold.

If you have a hot water heater, you already have a heat storage device that can be used to shift demand.

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Re:Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors by simiones on Friday November 12, 2021 @02:36PM (#29203613)
I don't, and most don't either: there is no room. We have hot pipes through which hot water is pumped. At best, the high-rise itself has a hot water heater, but even that probably only holds a few hours worth of water. Serious storage is only there at the neighborhood level.
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