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It is gimmicky but the batteries in EVs are really big and especially in the US everyone has a car. I don’t see a large amount of houses getting a 30-70kWh battery unless they install rooftop solar. So what are the realistic options ? Other than large infrastructure spend to get grid batteries which is probably what will happen in the end

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> So what are the realistic options?

Maybe the utility companies could do their job and provide a reliable electricity source, instead of outsourcing it to customers.

> Companies could do their job

This is quite a naive view of how the world works.

Their actual “job” is to make the most amount of money possible.

A realistic option has to be one that is both technically superior and something a company is incentivised to do.

> Their actual “job” is to make the most amount of money possible.

That is generally true, but not of quasi-public utility companies. The government controls the price utilities charge, and could force them to invest in storage.

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