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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To make solar power viable, we need a solution for overnight energy storage.

Batteries are complicated.

Do you know what isn't? Water go up. stonks-up

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The pipe and turbine would break so fast it's basically useless. Also, tanks are waaaay more expensive than digging a hole in the ground.

There's good reasons why freshwater open reservoirs are used. If tanks and brine were usable, people already would be using them.