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How a Sand Battery Could Revolutionize Home Energy Storage. Use code UNDECIDED50 to get 50% OFF First Box and free wellness shots for life with any active subscription at  https://bit.ly/3TiVmO8! Sand. It’s coarse, it's rough, and it can make for a great sand battery. And as weird as that might sound, it’s just one example of the many earthy materials currently used for thermal energy storage (or TES). A while back, we covered the debut of the world’s first commercial sand battery, which is big enough to supply power for about 10,000 people. Now, sand-based energy storage has reached a new frontier: individual homes. Companies like Batsand are currently offering heat batteries that bring hot and fresh sand directly to your door. Seems you can get just about anything delivered these days. But what’s stopped us from experimenting with residential TES before? How will heat storage impact our lives in our homes? And where exactly are homeowners supposed to put this stuff? Watch Have we been doing Solar wrong all along? https://youtu.be/LqizLQDi9BM?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi4dFnLD9622FK77atWtQVv7 Video script and citations: https://undecidedmf.com/how-a-sand-battery-could-revolutionize-home-energy-storage/ Corrections: 06:19 - Image should read kWh, not kW/h Get my achieve energy security with solar guide: https://link.undecidedmf.com/solar-guide Follow-up podcast: Video version - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-aWB84Bupf5hxGqrwYqLA Audio version - http://bit.ly/stilltbdfm Join the Undecided Discord server: https://geni.us/undecided-discord 👋 Support Undecided on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/mattferrell ⚙️ Gear & Products I Like https://undecidedmf.com/shop/ Great sustainable products for your home: https://geni.us/buildwithrise Visit my Energysage Portal: Research solar panels and get quotes for free! https://link.undecidedmf.com/energysage And find heat pump installers near you: https://link.undecidedmf.com/energysage-heatpumps Or find community solar near you: https://link.undecidedmf.com/community-solar For a curated solar buying experience EnergyPal's free personalized quotes: https://energypal.com/undecided Tesla Referral Code: Get 1,000 free supercharging miles or a discount on Tesla Solar & Powerwalls https://ts.la/matthew84515 👉 Follow Me Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@mattferrell X https://twitter.com/mattferrell https://twitter.com/undecidedMF Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@mattferrell Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mattferrell https://www.instagram.com/undecidedmf Facebook https://www.facebook.com/undecidedMF/ Website https://undecidedmf.com 📺 YouTube Tools I Recommend Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound http://bit.ly/UndecidedEpidemic TubeBuddy https://www.tubebuddy.com/undecided VidIQ https://vidiq.com/undecided I may earn a small commission for my endorsement or recommendation to products or services linked above, but I wouldn't put them here if I didn't like them. Your purchase helps support the channel and the videos I produce. Thank you.