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Electricity Should Be Free at Noon | And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs

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And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs

Electricity Should Be Free at Noon

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Electricity Should Be Free at Noon | And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs

www.theatlantic.com /science/2025/12/electricity-costs-climate/685123/

Electricity Should Be Free at Noon | And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs

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just use excess electricity to make hydrogen. This actually solves the intermittency problem, among many other things that will require hydrogen in order to reach zero emissions.
- People are going with batteries and demand-shifting first because they're more cost-effective when it comes to dealing with a few hours of storage. Hydrogen storage is mostly a contender for longer-durarion storage
  
  For a few hours, yes, but that will make up a small percentage of total energy stored. To really solve the intermittency problem, you will need large scale energy storage.

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