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> Electricity must be generated continuously. Unused generation is wasted. Not quite: You can use a capacitor to store electrical energy. In fact, a capacitor
by adwn 11y ago
> Electricity must be generated continuously. Unused generation is wasted.
Not quite: You can use a capacitor to store electrical energy. In fact, a capacitor corresponds to a water tower in the electricity/water analogy.
- dredmorbius 11y agoI knew someone would mention that. Turns out caps are kind of hard and expensive and finnicky. But yes, that's the analogue.