inari@piefed.zip to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 days agoGas imports or solar panels?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square207linkfedilinkarrow-up1956arrow-down117
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minus-squarestickly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoIt wouldn’t be done because the energy density of a battery is atrocious compared to oil, something like 100x worse. Half of the input spent in burning oil comes for free in the air around us, so batteries will never likely beat it.
minus-squarebudget_biochemist@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago it probably wouldn’t ever need to be done. As the parent commenter said, the energy itself wouldn’t need to be delivered. You just deliver the panels once.
It wouldn’t be done because the energy density of a battery is atrocious compared to oil, something like 100x worse. Half of the input spent in burning oil comes for free in the air around us, so batteries will never likely beat it.
As the parent commenter said, the energy itself wouldn’t need to be delivered. You just deliver the panels once.