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rini17
2160 days ago
I won't be surprised if this ends up solved in low-tech way - just mine and smelt 50 tons of iron/nickel and then build 1MWh Edison battery.
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Zhenya
2160 days ago
What's an Edison battery? I searched and did not find anything conclusive.
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rini17
2160 days ago
I meant this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93iron_battery
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adamcharnock
2160 days ago
I
think
this is referring to a nickel-iron battery, or NiFe for short. It's old tech, but is pretty indestructible. I have 20 of them in my off-grid system.
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