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otabdeveloper4 | karma 2720 | avg karma 1.13 · 2022-11-17 13:03:25

"Batteries" is not an energy source.

jenscow | karma 946 | avg karma 1.5 · 2022-11-17 13:11:13

Until it's not windy or sunny

TheLoafOfBread | karma 1837 | avg karma 1.19 · 2022-11-17 13:18:29

With this logic, hydrogen is energy source then.

runarberg | karma 4161 | avg karma 1.25 · 2022-11-17 16:11:17

But with the other logic, oil is not an energy source either, it is rather an energy storage that just so happened to store energy created by the sun millions of years ago.

I think it is OK to be loose on the technicalities in this instance, we all know what was meant.

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ben_w | karma 20467 | avg karma 1.69 · 2022-11-17 13:38:11

They don't need to be, they only need to be a way to get energy from when/where it's made to when/where it's needed.

Batteries are fine for shifting the "when", just like power lines are fine for shifting the "where".

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