Comment on TIL the cost of transporting energy around
chocrates@piefed.world 2 months agoThey are also pretty lossy too right? Some percentage of the energy you are moving is lost to heat
Comment on TIL the cost of transporting energy around
chocrates@piefed.world 2 months agoThey are also pretty lossy too right? Some percentage of the energy you are moving is lost to heat
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, though that’s true of other methods.
Another big factor is that its very inconvenient to buffer vs tanks on either end, for transmission breaks that take time to repair, uneven energy supply/demand and stuff like that. Or even just capacitance.
A big old tank of oil on either end is cheap.
I’m not trying to shill for hydrogen or anything (I don’t like hydrogen), but this is definitely an issue.