> Maybe it's practical by using electricity to make synthetic liquid fuels?
That was my point. For long term storage you can convert electricity in green hydrogen. The round trip efficiency is not great, but it's not really that bad either. Until we develop the infrastructure to do that, we just use natural gas.
Solar, wind, batteries (for short term storage) and nat gas for peaker plants will get you to 20% net emissions. Hydrogen will get you to zero.
That was my point. For long term storage you can convert electricity in green hydrogen. The round trip efficiency is not great, but it's not really that bad either. Until we develop the infrastructure to do that, we just use natural gas.
Solar, wind, batteries (for short term storage) and nat gas for peaker plants will get you to 20% net emissions. Hydrogen will get you to zero.