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   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 04:44:07 GMT, Mark Zenier   
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   rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.science,rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
      
   >> Solar power has come a **LONG** way in the last 20 years,   
   >> and the ONLY real hurdle it has left is storage. If   
   >> someone figures out a high-density storage medium, or is   
   >> willing to install 2-3x base capacity so that the   
   >> "storage medium" is synthesized hydrocarbon fuel of some   
   >> sort, the energy issue would be settled pretty well.   
      
   > One of many science programs I listen to from broadcasters   
   > around the world had an segment about an organic   
   > chemistry, (instead of some fancy metal like Vanadium),   
   > for fuel batteries that back of the envelope numbers said   
   > could get a storage cost down to 1/4 UScent per kilowatt   
   > hour. Quinone/Hydro-Quinone or something like that.   
      
   Almost identical to a molecule found in rhubarb.  More at   
      
      
      
   Brian   
      
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