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creato
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Goldman Sachs invests $250M in compressed air ener...
You need a hot
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cold reservoir to generate power. Where is the heat going to go? This is why power plants are often built on rivers or near the ocean.
ed_balls
on Jan 12, 2022
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you need to pump water, probably flooding 80% of the mine. Since there are no humans involved 70+ celsius is not a problem.
VTimofeenko
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The heat still has to be managed, otherwise Kyshtym[1] happens. 160 tons of flying concrete is no joke.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_disaster
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