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What Will We Do With Our Free Power? (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)

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[–] threelonmusketeers 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

There are plenty of things we could do with excess power. Green hydrogen production and electrochemical carbon fixation spring to mind.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

For sure. The challenge is that there's a cost of capital, and intermittently available excess power is difficult to use cost-effectively with anything like current technology.

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