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biggerinjapan.bsky.social @biggerinjapan.bsky.social

They'll reply "batteries won't scale", one could reply, "we can pump water uphill into reservoirs and use hydroelectric for nighttime energy, you nincompoops."

aug 29, 2025, 10:46 pm • 4 0

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David G @davidgeorgeg.bsky.social

Yes, but again, if the Media, ahem, do their job they would point to the hundreds of scaled implementations across the world that are powering whole towns very successfully on a local level, and otherwise pumping their energy direct into the national grids to be used as normal

aug 30, 2025, 6:31 am • 2 0 • view
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biggerinjapan.bsky.social @biggerinjapan.bsky.social

Yep. Not to mention entire countries that run on hydro, like Costa Rica

aug 30, 2025, 1:05 pm • 1 0 • view