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		An "ice battery" system is being used to cool buildings and lower energy costs (cbsnews.com)
		11 points by addaon 47 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

ashoeafoot 47 days ago | [–]

Freeze them into cylinders, melt off the lower part for cooling, extract the resulting pillarpressure grade for energy .

pingou 47 days ago | [–]

Interesting, what happens if you lose power for a few days, can it recover if all the ice has melted?

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