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boringg on May 27, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Direct air capture: our technology to capture CO₂

Actually battery storage and stored hydro work. As does long duration battery storage options that are in the works now.

Sinidir on May 27, 2023 [–]

They don't work nearly as well enough or in the case of hydro storage are available in enough quantity to cover a month of weak wind.

For example. The US would consume its entirety of pumped hydro storage in a third of a day.

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