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Lifting rocks as a form of long term energy storage (spectrum.ieee.org)
4 points by ozorOzora 2388 days ago
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Why is this not a thing? It solves the pumped water issue of protecting against evaporation and solves the flow battery problem of chemicals. There are a lot of mountains and seems like a great thing to install where mines have removed the tops of mountains and left flat areas.