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saras

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1. Electricity can't be stored? Silly.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Thu Apr 19, 2012, 11:40 AM

Apr 2012

That's what batteries do. Or hydropower reservoirs, if you want a large-scale one. I think we could do something even more efficient by lifting rock instead of water. Lift it with excess energy, lower it to recover the energy. Stuff the whole thing underground - it's about as polluting as a hydro reservoir.

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