Dirty_South_Cracka t1_ja306ir wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:47 PM

Reply to comment by billdietrich1 in How Much Land Would It Require To Get Most Of Our Electricity From Wind & Solar? by BlitzOrion

I've been hearing that same bullshit for the last 20 years. We've been perpetually almost there sine the early 2000's. Molen salt was supposed to be the wonder battery then.

billdietrich1 t1_ja34qk7 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:25 PM

Batteries have greatly improved in performance and cost, and we're deploying them at utility-scale. And chemical battery is far from the only form of storage.