Thanks for your insight! It’s super interesting to me, but there’s a lot of noise in the discourse that’s kinda stopped me from looking into it.

I’m wondering, would hydraulic accumulators be a viable option? I’ve heard the scarcity of lithium cited as a reason to hold off on expanding the grid, and I’ve been wondering if maybe there’s a solution in old tech rather than new. But idk if lithium scarcity is actually an issue in this regard or just pointed to as a scapegoat.

This idea also appeared very strongly in Technology Connections’ recent video on ceiling fans, which fell out of use with the rise of air conditioning. Even though they work really well together with air conditioning…