I know people may not like Adamsomething but I saw his video about these a while ago where you can do the same thing with a hydroelectric dam. Maybe you can’t implement those in some areas but using water instead makes a lot of sense
I guess my thought is if you used water it could be hooked up to a larger reservoir and just pump from the water that’s there. Whereas the concrete used would serve no other purpose outside of energy storage.
Yeah, if you have a reservoir to pump from that could make sense as well. I’m guessing different regions would prefer different approaches based on what’s available. They do mention concrete is recycled, so it’s not like new concrete needs to be produced either.
I know people may not like Adamsomething but I saw his video about these a while ago where you can do the same thing with a hydroelectric dam. Maybe you can’t implement those in some areas but using water instead makes a lot of sense
Seems like water is more valuable than recycled concrete though.
Doesn’t always have to be the same water, where this would have to be the same concrete
I’m not sure why it would be a problem that it’s the same concrete though
I guess my thought is if you used water it could be hooked up to a larger reservoir and just pump from the water that’s there. Whereas the concrete used would serve no other purpose outside of energy storage.
Yeah, if you have a reservoir to pump from that could make sense as well. I’m guessing different regions would prefer different approaches based on what’s available. They do mention concrete is recycled, so it’s not like new concrete needs to be produced either.
I saw Adamsomething’s video, where he reconstructed the concept of a reservoir piece by piece without saying that was his intention, and I made notes:
-iron is denser than water or concrete
-one crane and one mass is simpler
-if you put it in a brick tower there’s no/less weathering
-all of the above would make it low tech and could be built in urban areas instead of valleys for community storage