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		londons_explore on Dec 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A molten salt storage solution using sodium hydrox... This is the right way to look at the problem for nuclear. But it doesn't help for gas turbines, coal, etc - it's even cheaper to just leave the gas/coal unburnt till needed. And most renewables don't make heat to make steam to drive a turbine.

LordDragonfang on Dec 10, 2021 [–]

If we want to avoid the worst effects of global warming, we need to be leaving that gas and oil unburnt anyway.

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