eicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agoFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down11 cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.orgglobalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkFinland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand batterywww.cnbc.comeicker@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square20linkfedilink cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.orgglobalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squarejoelthelion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·7 days agoAnd the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
minus-squareeicker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·7 days agoExactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThat’s a huge oversimplification.
And the best part is, it’s not actually complex or expensive technology. Essentially it’s a big box with crushed stone in it.
Exactly. That’s what makes it so compelling. No scarce minerals, no exotic chemistry, no billion Euro manufacturing plants. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
That’s a huge oversimplification.