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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by TankieTanuki@hexbear.net to c/science@hexbear.net

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To make solar power viable, we need a solution for overnight energy storage.

Batteries are complicated.

Do you know what isn't? Water go up. stonks-up

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[–] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What about a weight and a skyscraper?

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Explain.

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Freight elevator shaft (boring, no one uses anymore), biiiiiiigggg grand piano, cartoon cat on massive, convoluted, downward-sloping treadmill

Don't worry he likes it :3

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Will his teeth turn into piano keys following the imminent collision? What song will they play?

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can't play ragtime on piano teeth anymore, because of woke

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

angery

[–] PaX@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Unsure of the details, still waiting for my grant to get approved

Ideally we would avoid collisions cuz its unpleasant for everyone involved, especially the cat

Would set it up at the end so he narrowly escapes

[–] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The amount of energy stored from raising a very heavy block up is not that much.

[–] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

About 7kwh if you replaced an elevator with a block of lead in a 10story building

So yeah not much