I don't know much about Dave Borlace, who makes educational videos on climate change and energy on his Youtube channel Just Have a Think, but he seems pretty good, and reliable.
I particularly liked this one, because I had previously read a bit about flow batteries and thought that they may have a major role in the transition to mostly renewable energy. It seems there may be grounds for optimism:
I know this fellow already and he's hopeless. He's not dishonest. But he is gullible. He believes everything science-fascist central tells him. A good man but a total dupe.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand you have managed to choose a very good video of his. I like it. I like it a lot. Its always a great idea to include the carbon atom if there is any way to do so.
Hey this video is really lifting my morale. Energy storage without too many rare earths is "the berries." Thats what we want. Storage is nine-tenths of everything when it comes to the grid. Its not just about renewables and storage. All our grids should have always had huge amounts of storage right from the getgo. Because we need to run our grids with much less transmission infrastructure and we need to run out grid so it works with excellent durability under conditions of full-scale war.
This is just so good. The other great battery idea is the liquid metal batteries involving molten salts. Except for vehicles we don't really want to tarry with batteries that require rare elements. In the longer run we want to be aiming for so many buildings to have one extra basement for general storage and a second extra basement for energy storage. Then we want an extra floor for water storage. If we are in it for the long haul we can get this done cheaply.
ReplyDeleteIf you have water storage on the top floor and you building is sufficiently tapered, often you could cool the entire building with a simple water sprinkler from Bunnings. Pumping water to the top floor is a form of energy storage. But it also could secure the buildings from incendiary bombing during war-time.