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by ic0n0cl4st 1913 days ago
Seems like a great reason to invest in kinetic energy storage like this pumped hydroelectric reservoir in Wales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffestiniog_Power_Station?wprov...
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runeks 1910 days ago
That depends. E.g. if it costs $100bn to build enough of these to store the power needed to go from 97% to 100% then it may just not be worth it.
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