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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)

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[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Problem is that storing electric energy at a large scale is really difficult, with lots of engineering and research effort going into finding solutions. Investment into storage is good, but it's still an area of active research how to even do it.