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		willmadden on Dec 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved Solar can't do that without massive batteries that don't exist. Even then it's not viable in areas where there isn't sufficient sunlight.

valine on Dec 14, 2022 [–]

The batteries do exist, but it’s better to use them in cars. If we start diverting our battery supply for grid storage it will drive up the price of EVs.

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