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Vistra's battery storage facility goes up in flames, spurs evacuation orders (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Yeah, I think massive chemical batteries for storing excess electricity to facilitate a contrived green energy market is a bad idea.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

As I've already explained, we need hydrogen. We need it not for energy storage, but as a useful, important product. Electrolysis of water is pretty much the only way to get it without emitting greenhouse gases. Therefore, the efficiency of it doesn't really matter, especially if the energy to do it would otherwise go to some dangerous, battery based buy low/sell high scheme.