I think hydro power storage is a good idea where it can be done (and especially where you have existing hydro power), but most places don’t have a giant reservoir nearby that could be used for this purpose. Something that I think could be a better option for widespread grid storage are flow batteries. These work by basically pumping an electrolyte solution back and forth across a membrane to store or discharge energy. They aren’t as energy dense as lithium batteries, but they have some advantages like being able to be used indefinitely without storage capacity degradation (though you do have to do upkeep on the pumps and whatever else). They’re already used in places like hospitals and for grid storage in China. These current flow batteries use vanadium, but there’s research being done on flow batteries that use iron instead, which is cheap and abundant in comparison. Short video on that: https://youtu.be/mu6mZZuPdpI
I think hydro power storage is a good idea where it can be done (and especially where you have existing hydro power), but most places don’t have a giant reservoir nearby that could be used for this purpose. Something that I think could be a better option for widespread grid storage are flow batteries. These work by basically pumping an electrolyte solution back and forth across a membrane to store or discharge energy. They aren’t as energy dense as lithium batteries, but they have some advantages like being able to be used indefinitely without storage capacity degradation (though you do have to do upkeep on the pumps and whatever else). They’re already used in places like hospitals and for grid storage in China. These current flow batteries use vanadium, but there’s research being done on flow batteries that use iron instead, which is cheap and abundant in comparison. Short video on that: https://youtu.be/mu6mZZuPdpI
Personally I think we should put big weights on pulleys in every high rise, like a grandfather clock.
How big? Seems like you would need quite a bit of weight to store any useful amount. Using this calculator: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/physics/gravitational-potential.php and assuming my values are right, if you had something the size of a bus (16,000 kg) pulled up through something as tall as the Empire State Building (380 m roof height), you’d get about 16.56 kWh, which isn’t all that much. I think a typical EV battery size is about 40 kWh in comparison. With hydro storage on the other hand, you can store a shit ton of water in a reservoir without any major constraints besides the overall size, which is massive.
Are you holding up ok?
very cool
AWKWARD BUT FRIENDLY fits me pretty well I’d say
oh sorry i’m a little slow today
I thought Moo Deng was from Thailand?
You know what’s cooler than astrology? Ancient cults. I mean the kind of thing where a group or city state has a patron god/goddess and then they steal and subjugate the gods/goddesses of others. I don’t really believe in this stuff of course, but I just think it would be kinda cool to have a mascot to rally around and give us the courage we need to smite our enemies. Like, imagine if we had a cult based around Artimpasa or Inanna and then offered up transphobes, chuds, megachurch pastors, etc. to her as a blood sacrifice. That would be way more cool and useful than some astrology nonsense, and if I ever met another trans girl who was ready to brutally slay our enemies and fill the streets with rivers of their blood in order to bring honor to our goddess/cult, I’d totally be
You can see this through the changing ebb and flow of beanis posts… It’s almost as if everyone’s beanis is touching everyone else’s
What about showing up to a truck show with a custom communism themed monster truck called, “THE MEANS OF DESTRUCTION”?
Glad you’re back and safe!!!
YukkoEX
Sounds like your brother needs a horse kick to the face. Not saying your sister might not also suck, but your brother really sounds like the villain here. I would conspire with your sister to try to deal some justice to him. Or you could always just detach from all of them.
Why haven’t the transvestigators brought this one up yet?
I use element and cinny. Cinny has custom emotes, but element is superior in almost every other way. Really the only thing element lacks over others is custom emotes.
I hadn’t really heard about this film before seeing this post, but holy shit does it look and sound terrible.