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panarky on March 27, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Solar Is Cheapest Electricity in History, U.S. DOE...

If we paid the true cost of peak power, it might be worth pumping water with off-peak power and storing it locally.

Manfredo_1 on March 27, 2021 [–]

Then our transition to solar + wind needs to include the cost of installing a septic tank and water reservoir in every household. And a thermal battery for heating. And an electric battery for lighting. And all the other things we'll need to do to accommodate an unreliable energy grid.

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