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[–] [email protected] 134 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (93 children)

Solar/wind + battery storage is cheaper than natural gas and a hell of a lot cleaner. It makes no sense to go for a more expensive, dirtier form of energy.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm excited about salt batteries taking up the slack on a lot of this infrastructure in the future.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are a lot more expensive than expected at the moment, once they start selling at the 30$/KWh they were proposed at they will be fantastic but if they stay at their current price LFP is going to be a lot cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yep your not wrong. In my local area, they are starting to use them for the grid. I know one of the engineers over at a local makerspace. The process is getting refined ATM. Its cool this and concrete power cells are becoming a thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'll trust that's true, but even still, logic has never stood in the way of any legislation passing in the US or corporate decision.

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