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by tedk-42 32 days ago
Garbage article.

Using a measurement for power as opposed to energy is dumb with batteries

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I can build a capacitor bank in my garage that produces more power than a nuclear power plant. For a millisecond.
Not when you are talking about compensating for short term peaks. Of course the amount of time it can do this is also important but, unlike batteries used for shifting solar energy to night time use for instance, it is not the most important feature.