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Comment by mapt

2 days ago

> The problem is that even the best new grid-scale storage systems on the market—mainly lithium-ion batteries—provide only about 4 to 8 hours of storage.

This isn't the first time I've seen this sort of claim this week about batteries.

If you're a journalist writing these words, stop doing that, and consider your life choices. Ask your boss for tuition assistance to put you through a 7th grade summer-school science class on matter and energy.

If you're a journalist writing these words in an ostensibly technical engineering journal? Christ. I don't even know where to begin.