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longship

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6. I am for all of the above.

Reply to Alex4Martinez (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 04:35 PM

Apr 2017

But hydrogen is one of the least efficient. It would be good for uses in which one needs to burn fuel. Hydrogen powered aircraft anybody? (admittedly speculative)

I'll click through your link as I've not heard of advanced rail storage.

On edit: interesting. Has some of the same drawbacks as pumped hydro, though. Mainly, dependent on topology.

Thanks!

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NREL Establishes World Record for Solar Hydrogen Production [View all] OKIsItJustMe Apr 2017 OP

That's a good gain. longship Apr 2017 #1

Pumped hydro storage OKIsItJustMe Apr 2017 #2

How about advanced rail energy storage? Alex4Martinez Apr 2017 #3

I am for all of the above. longship Apr 2017 #6

Yup! There are those issues. longship Apr 2017 #5

We need a way to store energy long term OKIsItJustMe Apr 2017 #7

Skeptical of hydrogen but happy for any and all research. Alex4Martinez Apr 2017 #4

It's, um, bullshit of the usual kind. Solar thermal plants on an industrial scale are... NNadir Apr 2017 #8