Nuclear-fusion reactor doubles record for energy made from fusing atoms

Re:Nuclear-fusion reactor doubles record for energy made fro... by zardo on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:57PM (#30459449)

Yeah building mountains is not a realistic solution. Thermal storage is probably the best replacement where pumped hydro isn't feasible.

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Re:Nuclear-fusion reactor doubles record for energy made fro... by ncmncm on Saturday February 26, 2022 @04:27PM (#30482124)

Inventing absurd versions of sound ideas just to have something to criticize is such a standard dishonest argument mode as to have been named.

We all know the name, but its main feature is its dishonesty.

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Re:Nuclear-fusion reactor doubles record for energy made fro... by zardo on Saturday February 26, 2022 @10:38PM (#30485169)

What's the sound idea for build pumped hydro storage on flat land?

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Re:Nuclear-fusion reactor doubles record for energy made fro... by ncmncm on Sunday February 27, 2022 @02:11AM (#30486114)

There is such a thing as a water tower, but that also is probably not practical utility-scale energy storage.

The sound idea is water stored up an existing hill. On flat land you store your energy some other way: underground hydrogen or compressed air, or iron-air batteries, or liquified air, or any of various other choices that are more expensive and less efficient than pumped hydro. Or just run a wire over to someplace that does have hills.

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