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by retrac 1305 days ago
Synthesize and bottle carbon-neutral fuels like hydrogen or methanol with surplus off-peak nuclear power. Use fuels for peak on-demand electric, transport, etc.; methanol burns in standard internal combustion engines. Solves both the variable output and battery problem. Cost isn't too pleasant, but it scales and all the tech for this cycle exists now.