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In reply to the discussion: Intermittency Of Renewables?… Not So Much [View all]wercal
(1,370 posts)38. Well that's an entirely different concept that has been brought up here before
The idea that you could sell your used battery to a utility company, to be incorporated into a bank of batteries.
But that is not what is being discussed here at all.
The subject at hand is 'Vehicle to Grid'...(ie the battery is still in a vehicle) where an unwitting electric car owner sells some of his battery's serviceable life to the power company.
BTW, the notion of selling your old battery to the power company may be somewhat flawed, as you may be able to get an equal amount of money as a 'trade in' where a new battery is purchased.
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Why are you arguing about a theoretical problem that could only possibly occur
BlueStreak
Jul 2013
#16
"no compelling reason ever to build (or extend) any nuclear or coal plant -- ever"
kristopher
Jul 2013
#44
The economics of storage systems get better as we shift to intermittent sources
BlueStreak
Jul 2013
#65
That 300% is a nonsense number, for a case that will never exist in the real world
BlueStreak
Jul 2013
#29