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Comment by xyzzyz

This is also not true - solar + battery is a perfect use case for distributed deployment

This is simply not feasible. Do the math. To store 3 days worth of current US energy use, you need to build $50 trillion worth of batteries. If you assume that the battery installation lifetime is 20 years, and amortize it over that period, you’re looking at over 10% of US GDP spent just on building and installing the batteries. Seriously, do the math.

parent xyzzyz 7 years ago

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