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Re:A sand battery could transform clean energy by amelius on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:27AM (#33468311)
> Yes, you can't heat water to 600C, but that's not a problem if you're just wanting to heat houses with it.

You can heat a home with 600C and some circuitry that steps it down to a comfy 22C. If that's more efficient than heating water, then I can see why they do it.

Re:A sand battery could transform clean energy by mnw21cam on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:43AM (#33468568)
It's not more efficient, for the reasons stated earlier.
Re:A sand battery could transform clean energy by amelius on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:13PM (#33469093)
It can be more efficient in the sense that you need less space, for example.