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Re:Desalination Can Beat Out Batteries for Excess Energy by loufe on Monday December 18, 2023 @03:02PM (#38687425)
The energy conversion losses in the cycle you describe are enormous.
Re:Desalination Can Beat Out Batteries for Excess Energy by thsksbd on Monday December 18, 2023 @03:05PM (#38687460)
Not enormous, but not insignificant either.
Re:Desalination Can Beat Out Batteries for Excess Energy by jimnotgym on Monday December 18, 2023 @07:04PM (#38690104)
But are they more or less than reverse osmosis?
Re:Desalination Can Beat Out Batteries for Excess Energy by fbdab103 on Monday December 18, 2023 @09:28PM (#38691076)
If energy becomes "free" does it matter? If solar continues on its current trajectory, there needs to be some kind of sink to utilize the energy or it is all going to turn into bitcoins.
Re:Desalination Can Beat Out Batteries for Excess Energy by cordenr on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @03:18AM (#38693136)
+1

The "fully charged show" sometimes have videos on this and similar topics. This [0] video goes through the pros and cons of using hydrogen in different ways

My takeaway is that as much of the energy as possible should be used without converting it. This avoids the substantial losses converting to and from hydrogen. But storage is one of the viable uses.

[0] https://youtu.be/MgmBkvrO0Dg?si=8c-y3naRRH65O4Lb