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by IdiranVibe 920 days ago
Surely existing methods of energy storage methods e.g. pumping water to higher altitude reservoirs to be used for hydro at peak hours will be more useful than millions of lead acid batteries
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Pumped hydro cannot be done locally. Not everyone lives on a hillside and owns a lake. For something to be distributed, placed close to end users, it has to fit in a typical garage or basement.
Much of the country is too flat for pumped hydroelectric storage to be practical. How could that work in a place like Miami or Chicago?