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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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4. The idea that storing energy is a laudable activity when fossil fuels dominate primary energy supplies...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:34 PM

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...is ill conceived.

The problem we face has everything to do with primary energy and very little to do with storing energy.

The manufacture of cement is a major driver of carbon dioxide release.

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