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ImPostingOnHNtoday at 5:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

What makes you think I need batteries for 2 weeks of normal consumption?


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epistasistoday at 5:47 PM

Nobody needs that, but from my point of view batteries will be so cheap and abundant that we will likely get to having 2 weeks of storage just sitting around the grid or rolling on wheels.

People always underestimate where exponential cost decreases will take us. Current battery production grows by 10x in a mere 5 years. In a decade, the time it takes to build a nuclear power plant, we will grow our battery production by 100x. Not enough people take this seriously, or even know that the trend exists.

mikaelumantoday at 6:54 PM

We practically don't see the sun in northern Europe during winter. And yes, the wind might not blow either.

I consider 2 weeks of supply a bare minimum.

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