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It's unlikely we'll ever build enough battery factories to catch up with hydrogen based energy storage. The other guy mentioned total global battery production capacity is about 300 GWh of storage. 300 GWh can be matched by a single underground salt dome or salt cavern storing pressurized H2. A number of these facilities already exist, and the total number that could exists number in the tens of thousands worldwide.



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