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notdevin
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The best path to make things sustainably cheaper is to increase the available energy in the world by 10x
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Vinay Vasanji
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One of the most fascinating examples of how this could be done is in Switzerland https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/switzerlands-water-battery-operational
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notdevin
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So cool, most of the loss is just in the heat at the pumps, the turbines the water flows through are super efficient. I wonder what prevents other places with dams and turbines from running similar schemes?
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Vinay Vasanji
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Likely time and cost—Scotland might be next https://www.itv.com/news/2024-05-17/could-loch-ness-be-turned-into-a-giant-water-battery
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