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Would you even have to put technology down there? I have absolutely no idea how good or bad humanity is at making very long pneumatic connections, but I would i
by usrusr 10y ago
Would you even have to put technology down there? I have absolutely no idea how good or bad humanity is at making very long pneumatic connections, but I would intuitively expect that the pumps and turbines involved would work on air, above the surface.
- Beltiras 10y agoAir has to be at a much higher pressurization to convey the same sort of force as water driving the turbines.
- usrusr 10y agoIs that good or bad? The amount of infinitesimal sea level rise that determines capacity would be the same either way. One advantage of remote pneumatic pumping would be that power (W) could be scaled independently from capacity (Wh): you either add more spheres or you build bigger pipes/pumps/turbines. Conventional pumped storage installations frequently add more throughput to existing, unchanged reservoirs.