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But a nearly "empty" flywheel is a lot less dangerous than a "full" one. While a full gas tank, even if cracked open and lit on fire, would probably burn, not e
by e12e 9y ago
But a nearly "empty" flywheel is a lot less dangerous than a "full" one. While a full gas tank, even if cracked open and lit on fire, would probably burn, not explode.
I imagine seeing a flywheel leap out of the ground and short through the foundations of a skyscraper...
- beat 9y agoThat gets back to my original point, though - we know from the start the maximum power of the flywheel. Putting enough reinforced concrete above it to keep it from penetrating in case of catastrophic failure is a straight-up engineering problem.