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[โ€“] zxqwas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Give it a few years and I've got my hopes up for batteries.

The calculations showed the absurdity in gravity storage today, not batteries in the future.

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gravity just isn't a good store of energy relative to chemical and nuclear alternatives.

It's a simple method for storing energy but not an efficient method. That's why the human body uses ATP instead of a bunch of pebbles that get lifted to our heads and dropped to our perineum.

But hey, we'll always have Dams. And tidal generators are gaining momentum. They're basically gravity batteries.