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by m_coder 2334 days ago
>>More likely is that we eventually switch to a more poetic small-scale compressed air energy storage system (CAES).

Please do this!! I want to see that article on CAES actually worked out in real life not just theory with no howto steps .
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alacombe 2334 days ago
City-wide application are discussed regularly here...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19442938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19782760

Also online.. https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/05/history-and-future-o...

Down the line, problems are efficiency and all the downside of working with gases.

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m_coder 2334 days ago
Yes, I did read those articles and it has me very interested. What I would be more interested in is some sort of applied DIY situation. Something I could cobble together myself and it would have the potential to get the efficiency that is discussed in lowtech mag. It seems to me that with the sorts of articles they write, I would be able to follow along on a small scale if I wanted. In particular, how do you make a compressor going one way and a generator going the other?
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alacombe 2334 days ago
It could be argued that DIY and pressure vessels don't work well together :-)
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