Message from @Fitzydog
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Like the amount of energy it would take to pump the water back up would be the same as it created to come down. So how could there be a surplus after you pump it back up?
Or do i just not get it???
There is no surplus
You use solar or wind power to pump it up, and then when it's not windy, you can drain the reservoir and there's a hydro plant at the bottom to recollect that energy
The surplus comes from having too much wind, or too much sunlight.
And not enough demand at that time.
If you're already supplementing your power needs with, say, a coal plant, that can't be throttled down or up on a whim, like a natural gas plant, then you have a surplus of power on your power grid.
Hydro power is great because you can just not use the water, if there's not enough consumption.
You can't just save up sunlight or wind, for later use.
ahhhh ok thanks team
This is a simpler version of the idea. No need to build a dam and water turbine.
Pump water out of the "eggs" with the excess energy, let it rush in (passing through turbines) when needed.
Still qualifies as pumping water up with the excess energy.
Here in portland, then added a water turbine to the main water source pipe from the drinking water supply. So that's an option too, for retrofitting to existing infrastructure
@Fitzydog which Portland?
The bigger, more powerful one.
OR?
lol yeah, ground zero.
I think @M4Gunner is from there too
so, point being, they've got cool ideas SOMETIMES
For a bunch of progtards
I think that's a parody account
What gave it away? <:covfefe:440543908846632980>
The whole point of that account is people are STILL falling for it
when the clue is in the title
*w e w*
nobody can read that
@Ruggwain have you tried opening it in a new tab?
yes
if I download it and go max zoom I can kinda make it out <:GWcfcThonk:357907199928041473>