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The potential energy of a mass m at height h is mgh. Play with this and you'll immediately see it doesn't seem useful. e.g. storing a 50-tonne weight at 10m gi
by rm445 10y ago
The potential energy of a mass m at height h is mgh.
Play with this and you'll immediately see it doesn't seem useful. e.g. storing a 50-tonne weight at 10m gives you less than 1.5 kWh of energy.
- Gustomaximus 10y agoSo probably needs in excess of 750 ton. And more likely twice as a house would more likely have a 5m 'chimney'. Clearly not viable. Thanks.