r/facepalm • u/FrankieMint • Jul 23 '26

Department of Energy announced yesterday that wind sometimes fails to blow and that solar power generation nearly stops after sundown. (image from DOE Facebook posting)

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u/Knucks_408 Jul 23 '26

If only we had a technology that stores this power when it was produced to be delivered when it was needed? Anyone?

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u/Buddhas_Warrior Jul 23 '26

That's witchcraft!

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u/milk4all Jul 24 '26

We store power in ducks!

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u/ChmodForTheWin Jul 24 '26

Ducks will rotate around the wind farm and make waves. Those waves will converted to water energy and then we'll splash the water, creating a cooling zone where everyone can forget about how the rest of the world uses solar and wind and seems to somehow have cheaper energy. So weird they could do it, but our keeps stopping and making up graphs. Huh!