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Energy Vault -BUSTED!

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Energy Vault -BUSTED!

A Thunderf00t video debunking Energy Vault, a gravity-based energy storage scheme that stacks concrete blocks with cranes. He argues it is impractical and compares it to pseudoscience.

Used as a critical reference to argue gravity energy storage is impractical, not as a general recommendation.

6 Hacker News mentions · 2019–2022

Topics

  • Renewables, batteries & storage
  • Scientific method & science communication

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