L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plantwww.canarymedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todayhawaii@lemmy.worldhawaii@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshawaiienergy@slrpnk.nethackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squaredisablist@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoCoal is also energy storage, well, all fossil fuels. That’s their primary advantage, on-demand easily accessible stores of energy. If only they didn’t simultaneously pollute and cook the earth when used…
minus-squareblandfordforever@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoThey are stored solar energy! Releasing the energy also unfortunately releases the carbon into the atmosphere.
Coal is also energy storage, well, all fossil fuels. That’s their primary advantage, on-demand easily accessible stores of energy.
If only they didn’t simultaneously pollute and cook the earth when used…
They are stored solar energy! Releasing the energy also unfortunately releases the carbon into the atmosphere.