To make solar power viable, we need a solution for overnight energy storage.

Batteries are complicated.

Do you know what isn't? Water go up. stonks-up

  • NewDark [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    They literally do this somewhere. There's a Tom Scott video about it.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      I know it's a real thing. I assume it isn't that widespread though.

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        I've heard terf island has one for when everybody puts the kettle on at the same commercial break on the one tv channel they all watch

          • Sausage
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            2 months ago

            We also have more than enough water for it and mountains the problem is there is usually a backlash against building them so it’s not always easy to get them built. A local lake has also experienced a drop in fish population due to the increased sediment that was caused while building. All these solutions are cool but there are always downsides as well don’t expect magic techno fixes for climate change the easiest thing we could do is change our behaviour, but try telling an Austrian they can’t have schnitzel and see what happens, this is all coming from a guilty ex vegetarian.

      • Hexboare [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        Increasingly becoming widespread at larger scales. China spent $2 billion on a 3.6 GW installation with 40 GWh of storage a couple years ago for example