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What do hexbears think about pumped hydropower storage?(hexbear.net)

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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.

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Hexboare [they/them]@hexbear.net

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7 days ago

Why would the range of places shrink over time?

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Owl [he/him]@hexbear.net

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7 days ago

Because the alternatives get better.

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Hexboare [they/them]@hexbear.net

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7 days ago

What alternatives at that scale?

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Owl [he/him]@hexbear.net

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7 days ago

Batteries and synthetic fuels?

Did you read the post you’re replying to?

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Hexboare [they/them]@hexbear.net

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7 days ago

I find reading interferes with the posting

I don’t think batteries are designed for the duration of storage you want a backup of pumped hydro for, and it will remain to be seen what a synthetic fuel industry looks like (and whether it would ever be cost competitive with pumped hydro at the places where pumped hydro is currently viable).

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