03-19-2013, 04:33 AM
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Originally posted by Rob Tucker
We need less dependence on oil and wind power needs a more efficient storage system. What I found interesting in the article is the use of liquid air for storage of wind generated power.
It isn't just wind power that needs a more efficient storage system, it is all energy, especially solar. Right now, it is mainly batteries, or thermal storage (liquid salt). The other is capacitors, rather ultra-capacitors. It's the ultracapacitor that's allowing rail guns, mobile lasers, and linear motor catapults for aircraft carrier take-off. Several companies have failed to bring their consumer level ultracapacitor to market. There is now an ultracapacitor that will allow for levitating hoverboards and to charge a car in less than 5 minutes with a 500 mile range and 200mph. The problem is figuring out how to fabricate it.
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