• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    Just make one large enough to power my house for 2 weeks and let me use solar completely detached from the grid. I’ll put it on the side of my house.

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      7 months ago

      That’s doable right now pretty much, in that the cost of existing batteries is in proportion to the other stuff you’ll need.

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        7 months ago

        The sodium batteries rolling out to market right now should be good for it. Just waiting for them to get out and into use for a few years to make sure their isn’t any immediate unforseen bugs. I just want a 30 year battery and not a 10 year, and time itself degrades lithium based batteries quite a lot. They can make one that will last over 500,000 ev miles, but don’t count on it doing it and lasting 20+ years.