Geothermal energy storage and the earth battery are both capable of storing significantly more energy than pumped hydro for a fraction of the costs. Rocks are literally dirt cheap. The aspect of using high capital low fuel cost nukes as peaker plants is also worth the read.
Use the find in off feature and look at the earth battery or just read the whole thing I did it’s worth the read.
Thanks, I’ll take a look. But there won’t be any planet left to speak of if we really try to bring 4 billion people to Western standards with ‘renewables’ either.
Basically, it’s nukes, or let the market do its magic and determine winners and losers. Nothing top-down can work at this scale.