tecleandor • 2 days ago

But how expensive would be to dig a, I don't know, 1000 by 6 feet hole in the ground? I have no idea of an equivalent gravity battery...

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thfuran • 2 days ago

The average US household uses about 10,000 kwhr per year. That's roughly equivalent to the gravitational energy of dropping ten tons down a 200 mile hole.

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EGreg • 2 days ago

The battery doesn’t have to hold the entire year’s energy — come on :-P

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mft_ • 1 day ago

Indeed, but to store (let's say) half a day's energy, then (based on the previous calculation) it would presumably need ten tons dropping down a hole 0.274 miles, or 441 metres, deep?