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karsto58642 t1_j4ukjs5 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Wind provided nearly 34% of Ireland’s power by Wagamaga

They probably used it right away.

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[deleted] t1_j4up8ul wrote

yea thats basically the only way yea u can pump water up hill or store it in batteries but cant they make a tower that takes up little space to pull up and lower blocks or something like a grandfather clock?

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karsto58642 t1_j4urm2f wrote

sorry, I can not understand your comment.

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[deleted] t1_j4v527e wrote

use the power from the wind turbine to lift heavy blocks into the air and let them back down to run another generator when the wind isnt blowing!

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karsto58642 t1_j4v6kft wrote

Yea you can do that but it's more efficient and lots cheaper to use water as energy storage if you can.

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