☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 days agoChina built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concreteboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up11
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minus-squarepineapple@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days 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
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