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Default Powering up: UK hills could be used as energy 'batteries'

John Rumm wrote:

On 08/02/2021 22:35, Paul wrote:


There's this one

https://www.ien.com/product-developm...y-than-it-uses


Might be the same one.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09...ctric-vehicle/


It's a transportation job, with net energy output.


I wonder how many quarrys have that kind of setup where the raw material
needs to be transported *down* from the quarry?


Shame the welsh slate quarries are no longer in bulk production,
or you could update the old solution of a horse drawing the
empties uphill, and gravity taking everything down laden.

Chris
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