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[โ€“] theluddite@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An argument is that this is what we should use excess green electricity for. But it does not make sense to run such expensive equipment only a few hours each day. I prefer matching the supply to demand with hydro storage, not to mention that most grids are nowhere near 100% renewable.