Re: Large power storage devices

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From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1988 21:45

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If you will settle for about 65% efficiency, build a huge lake and a
dam.  Spend energy pumping water up into the lake.  To reclaim the
energy let the water flow back down though turbine blades.

Clean, stable, little maintenance needed, and a huge capacity for
storing energy.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi

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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Large power storage devices
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Date: 21 Nov 88 21:45:15 GMT
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