☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down15
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minus-squarepineapple@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoMy vibes say that pumping water is way less efficient than moving blacks with rope and pullies. Think about water turbulance and drag on pipes. I feel like that would be way less efficient than a motor thay directly pulls up a weight
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agothat would be my intuition as well
My vibes say that pumping water is way less efficient than moving blacks with rope and pullies. Think about water turbulance and drag on pipes. I feel like that would be way less efficient than a motor thay directly pulls up a weight
that would be my intuition as well