• plyth@feddit.org
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    24 days ago

    Like solar, batteries can compensate for the difference between supply and demand.

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          23 days ago

          Doesn’t matter what you connect them to, they don’t scale well.

          They take a lot of exotic materials and energy in a complicated process to produce, have a very limited life span, don’t work without highly complex controllers, and a have comparatively low energy density.

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            23 days ago

            No?

            There are many batteries with basic materials that can do tens of thousands of cycles.

            They are heavy and big, which makes them unfit for cars, but great for this use case.