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longship

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8. Well, one could use it for energy storage.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 02:11 AM
Oct 2015

And if that could be done relatively efficiently, than hydrogen would be useful for storing solar energy for nighttime use. However, one would have to have enough solar energy to both supply the grid plus provide for generating the hydrogen for nighttime power. And as we all known, we lose that battle if there is not enough.

We are far behind in the research on this. Certainly solar is a win-win, but how in the fuck does one safely and cheaply store it for nighttime? The same with wind power, or any other power source that is not constant.

Storage is the big problem with nearly all green power generation options, except fission which has a whole lot of other issues, like what the fuck do you do with the shit when you are done with it?

This is why we are all likely totally fucked unless we dig in and solve some of these big problems.

But, Senator Inhofe still says that it is all a big fraud. And Rushbo. And. And. And.

It is like shoveling water uphill to convince people that this is a huge issue.

My best to you, my friend.

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