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New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago

I could see this being useful in places where day/night cycle is skewed to prolonged periods of each. Or perhaps holding excess power from summer into winter since days are so much shorter.

But yeah, this doesn’t really seem like the best way to store grid power.