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by pfdietz 149 days ago
Syngas has the problem of where do you get the carbon. With hydrogen, the exhaust (water) just gets released to the atmosphere. Syngas would require capturing and storing the CO2 of combustion for reuse in making more syngas, which adds to the cost.

But yes, resistively heated ultra low capex thermal storage ("hot dirt") is very attractive.