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djkuhl t1_ja1xzn2 wrote

Reply to comment by Dirty_South_Cracka in How Much Land Would It Require To Get Most Of Our Electricity From Wind & Solar? by BlitzOrion

> Solar is doomed as a full replacement for carbon until a cheap battery (sodium maybe) that can be recharged 1000's of times and recycled can be developed.

Iron Redox Flow Batteries are being deployed at grid scale (only two 75kwh batteries to start) for the first time this year. Super cheap, recyclable, and can last 50-100 years. Now we just have to worry about running out of iron, salt, and water.

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