The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160751   Message #3814585
Posted By: Amos
13-Oct-16 - 11:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Whither Humanity?
Subject: RE: BS: Whither Humanity?
Flywheels, giant mainsprings, hydraulic lifts, thermal-chemical storage and super-capacitors. Any one of these technologies could manage the sustenance of baseload during the daily darkness. There's enough potential generation just in the deserts of Texas to handle the whole nation, and storing the surpluses to even the delivery is really a matter of deploying existing tech, IMHO.