Comments on: Energy storage questions and answers

By: Fat Man

Fat Man — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:26:45 +0000

They admit, that the idea of “renewables” cannot work without storage. What they are in denial about is that there is no real technological headroom for storage. They also have, and in keeping with the rules of the “renewables”, completely ignored the question of how much storage you need to be able to rely solely on “renewables” without using any fossil fuels or nuclear power.

In late December the sun is not much in evidence in the northeastern US, winds, are of course variable and vagrant. Even in the southeastern desert, there are only 10 hours a day of sunshine, and the maximum altitude of the sun is 33 degrees. There will be little solar power. How much energy storage would it take to get through the last week of December, in a “renewables” powered world? What is your advice to us poor benighted northerners? Chopping wood warms you twice?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:15:41 +0000

I think the most important question is: For each of the important applications you list in your answers to questions 1-3, what will it take to produce storage technology that is economic for that application?

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