I have a much simpler solution: DRILL BABY DRILL!!!! AND SELL THE DAMNED OIL AND TO HELL WITH OPEC!!! Sorry for shouting but I’m sick and tired of stories about krazy-kooky-enviro-friendly energy’’, ‘’electric cars’’ solar power’’ ‘’green jobs’’. It’s all a lot of neo-Marxist bs to turn us into Belgium. Drill here for the damned oil and do it now!!
I can think of some real benefits.
The biggest problem with coal is that it is difficult modulate power as needed. In general power companies will run coal for baseline load 24 hours a day and cycle on and off more expensive NG turbines as the load changes. If there were a less expensive way to store electricity, the entire load could be generated with cheaper coal.
It would be a pretty good way to back up power in an industrial or commercial setting.
It may even be a good way to power a car too, who knows.
I totally agree.
New tech stuff is fun from a “thought experiment” perspective but, what we need to do now is utilise what we have that we know works.
Absolutely. We should just stop all this stupid research into “new” things. We’ll never use it. We already have everything we’ll ever need. What good has new technology ever been, anyway?