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> Not sure if you're writing that off as unfeasible, but clearly there are solutions being thought about, and there are companies in the market today selling storage with costs going down every single year. It's not unreasonable to think that the 'feasible' plan for storage is to, well, simply buy/install it; which becomes cheaper every single year.

Yes, it is. There's enough known lithium deposits to produce 5 minutes worth of storage. With current mining techniques, there's an estimated 20 minutes worth of storage. [1]

> Also, solar thermal plants (no storage required) are a thing:

Solar thermal is more expensive than nuclear.

1. https://dercuano.github.io/notes/lithium-supplies.html




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