(12-13-2020, 11:33 PM)PaulP date Wrote:https://theconversation.com/up-to-90-of-...sis-151831I'm on the fringe of this stuff having been involved with some of the R&D for quite a few years, it is based on some rather grandiose assumptions relating to storage and efficiency, for example it still requires Hydroelectric as a large scale storage medium which from a perspective of the environment is pretty damaging if not the very worst option, note hydro emits both CO2 and methane as well as destroying beyond repair many many square kilometres of high country type environments.
Each participant has to talk up their technology as it's a war to get funding to keep on developing the systems.
Base load demand will never go away, hospitals, entertainment and big industry need 24x7. There isn't a hope in hell Joe Average will turn off his TV when the footy is on just to keep a hospital from being blacked out, unless of course he has to go to hospital at which time he'll demand everybody to switch off, sorry for the cynicism!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"