Name: Anonymous 2005-09-18 13:08
Say energy plants produce energy that is stored in massive city sized batteries, and cities get their energy from these batteries. You can extend these "battery" plants indefinitely, limited only by how much space they take up and how energy they store in that space. You can extend this to island batteries, battery complexes in remote parts of the world, and space battery stations. Any type of energy can go in, so solar, hydro, coal, gas, and nuclear can all add to storage.
What would be wrong with this system? What would make it innefficient? What amount of energy would be wasted in energy transportation, storage life, and redistribution of energy (a middleman instead of directly from the plant). How long could you keep surplus battery energy? Could you store enough to offset any losses in efficiency?
What would be wrong with this system? What would make it innefficient? What amount of energy would be wasted in energy transportation, storage life, and redistribution of energy (a middleman instead of directly from the plant). How long could you keep surplus battery energy? Could you store enough to offset any losses in efficiency?