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The Energy Vault is a Dumb Idea, Here's Why
Adam Something
Adam Something argues in four minutes that gravity batteries like Energy Vault, which lift concrete blocks with cranes, are a poor energy storage idea. He draws on a longer Thunderf00t debunk.
HN cites it as the go-to debunk when gravity storage projects appear, usually by commenters who think the idea is a dud.
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