{"id":13254,"date":"2015-06-09T09:15:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T13:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2015-06-09T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T13:17:15","slug":"batteries-vs-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/batteries-vs-fossil-fuels.html","title":{"rendered":"Batteries vs. fossil fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nAnother battery entry, Ambri with a liquid metal battery and $50 million\r\nstartup funding, understands it&#8217;s the battery market vs. fossil fuels.\r\nAnd batteries plus sun, wind, and water power will win.\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffmcmahon\/2015\/06\/04\/want-to-build-a-better-battery-dont-talk-to-battery-experts\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:300px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-images.forbes.com\/jeffmcmahon\/files\/2015\/06\/Sadoway-.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nJeff McMahon, Forbes, 4 June 2015,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffmcmahon\/2015\/06\/04\/want-to-build-a-better-battery-dont-talk-to-battery-experts\/?utm_source=followingweekly&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=20150608\">\r\nWant To Build A Better Battery? Don&#8217;t Talk To Battery Experts<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nLike Tesla&#8217;s Powerpack, Ambri&#8217;s liquid-metal battery is designed to\r\nprovide grid-level storage that can supplement intermittent\r\nrenewables like solar and wind, making a grid that depends on\r\nrenewables as reliable as one that depends on fossil fuels or\r\nnuclear reactors.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nWednesday night, [Ambri founder MIT Professor Donald] Sadoway welcomed Tesla&#8217;s entry to the grid-level\r\nbattery industry. The competition, he said, is not between\r\nbatteries, but between batteries and fossil fuels.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nWe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/forget-desert-solar-farms-we-can-get-more-than-enough-solar-energy-from-cities.html\">don&#8217;t even need<!--more-->\r\n\r\n big desert solar plants<\/a>.\r\nWe can do it with much smaller solar farms right here\r\nand even faster right on our own rooftops:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/why-cant-we-have-our-own-energy-system.html\">we can have our own energy system<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nThink of the economic boost from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/fossil-fuel-subsidies-6-of-world-gdp-more-than-all-govt-health-care-spending-in-world.html\">stopping spending 6% of world GDP on fossil fuels<\/a>!\r\n<p>\r\nAnd remember: because it will prevent wars for oil\r\nand make our country more resilient,\r\nsolar power is\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/remember-the-troops-by-enlisting-solar-power-to-prevent-wars.html\">\r\npatriotic and good for national security<\/a>!\r\n<p>\r\nWith the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/ga-gov-nathan-deal-signs-solar-financing-law.html\">new solar financing law<\/a>, Georgia can help the sun rise.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another battery entry, Ambri with a liquid metal battery and $50 million startup funding, understands it&#8217;s the battery market vs. fossil fuels. 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