Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "How Compressed Air Batteries are FINALLY Here" video.

  1. I think we need every energy storage solution we can think of, even thought I think many of these will likely be short term niches until more localised better solution come along. Over the short term, a mix of on-site and big off-site renewable energy generating and storage is needed but long term, I'm hoping we'll find solutions to produce and store the energy at a more local level, and if we had an effective way of producing wind with solar in urban areas, that would go a long way in solving some of these problems being that solar and wind would complement each other really well and you usually get more wind when there's less sun, it would also go a long way in reducing how much energy storage you need if you can generate energy more consistently. So for now, I think we need every solution we can think off that works when it comes to energy generating and storage of that energy, but longer term, I think decentralising it and doing it more local will be best once the tech is advanced enough to do it as that would offer us far more control over the energy we produce and use and would reduce the price a lot by not needing a grid network which cost a fortune to maintain and reduces the benefits of lower bills to consumers, so off-grid is how I would prefer to see it as then you could more or less reduce your bills to almost zero, which will likely never happen with a grid style system with renewable energy because of corruption in the system and because of how costly it is to maintain the grid network.
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