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by Log_out_ 861 days ago
There was a plan, to use giant cylinders of landscape as hydraulic batteries.

The problem was the cost of excavation or building the cylinder. Then this came along, not even promoted as the future..

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-tun...

And it's ideal.as in they could turn testsites into batteries.

You could have such a battery in an any abandoned quary today. Chip the walls smoth, freeze an ice plug, pump water beneath and use the stored pressure.