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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 7617668, member: 27832&quot;]Right, and storing a <i>season</i> worth of hydrogen is still a bit beyond us.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was actually a pumped-storage facility, <a href="http://www.smithmtn.com/about/SmithMountainLake.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithmtn.com/about/SmithMountainLake.aspx" rel="nofollow">Smith Mountain Lake/Leesville Lake</a>, a few miles off from where I lived in the 1970s. That works, too, but (a) it&#039;s not very efficient and (b) it&#039;s nowhere near enough for a season&#039;s worth of power.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure where the &quot;storing for the winter&quot; question actually comes from, though, unless you&#039;re <i>way</i> north (or <i>way</i> south, as in Antarctica). You get <i>less</i> solar flux in the winter, but still a significant amount, and most places still get wind in the winter as well. The supply fluctuations we need to smooth out are over hours or days, not seasons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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