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Mechanical Batteries: The Future of Energy Storage? | FD Engineering (youtu.be)
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[โ€“] Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They did test those block towers to see if they were resistant to earthquakes, and they were still standing after a test comparable to the strongest earthquake in California. Though I agree that compared to the other options available it does look way more unsafe and inefficient.

[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

I do hope they get somewhere with this idea, because novel energy storage that's clean is always a good thing to pursue, but ever since I first saw this idea back in the mid-2010s, it's never materialized due to unforseen issues when it scales up to real-world use.