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		marshray on April 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, accordi... You could probably store and recover more energy from those batteries by lifting them from a crane.

ramchip on April 15, 2013 [–]

You just precisely described pumped-storage hydro and why it's used for 99% of bulk electricity storage :)

marshray on April 15, 2013 | [–]

How come we don't hear about it more?

Instead we keep hearing the old "Wind and solar will never work because base load" garbage.

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