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Default OT-ish: "Powerwall" - will change the way the world uses energy

On Sat, 02 May 2015 11:28:28 +0100, Steve Walker wrote:

I agree. I can't see how it would be cheap or efficient for the
general population to buy and maintain vast numbers of these tiny,
shortlived units.


It's not.

It might be more sensible to build larger, more durable buffer stores at
local substations?


Or as I've said before at the bottom of each windmill. Makes them
dispatchable and thus able to sell at premium prices. Take away the
subsidies and let them prove their economic case.

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