Post by NFA on Mar 4, 2021 22:01:12 GMT 8
Snowy 2: The brick balloon
By Viv Forbes March 4, 2021
www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/snowy_2__the_brick_balloon.html
By Viv Forbes March 4, 2021
www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/snowy_2__the_brick_balloon.html
The Australian Snowy 2 hydro scheme plans to use electricity to pump water uphill to get some of that energy back by running the water downhill again.
Some Australian mining companies are planning a dry version of Snowy 2 — a huge brick-powered battery using the force of gravity to drive a generator when solar and wind energy are on strike.
Each unit of this brick-powered battery would comprise a 30-story tower enclosing a 35-ton brick, which is hauled up using surplus renewable energy (around noon on any clear windy day) and then released to turn generators when there is no renewable energy being produced (every still night or calm cloudy day).
These dopey miners will also have to replace all diesel mining equipment with electric machines, then build enough wind and solar generators not only to run the mine, but also to elevate the giant bricks.
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It would be better and quicker to buy a portable nuclear power plant and get smoke-free 24/7 power.
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Some Australian mining companies are planning a dry version of Snowy 2 — a huge brick-powered battery using the force of gravity to drive a generator when solar and wind energy are on strike.
Each unit of this brick-powered battery would comprise a 30-story tower enclosing a 35-ton brick, which is hauled up using surplus renewable energy (around noon on any clear windy day) and then released to turn generators when there is no renewable energy being produced (every still night or calm cloudy day).
These dopey miners will also have to replace all diesel mining equipment with electric machines, then build enough wind and solar generators not only to run the mine, but also to elevate the giant bricks.
...
It would be better and quicker to buy a portable nuclear power plant and get smoke-free 24/7 power.
...