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Gravity storage is not a heat engine, ergo Carnot's rule does not apply.

• deleted 6y ago
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• Ensorceled 6y ago
  But the second law of thermodynamics still does. Gravity wells are still a mechanical system, just not a heat engine.
  • ClumsyPilot 6y ago
    Laws of thermodynamics apply to the entire universe, ergo i dont think anyone is claiming to break laws of physics
  • thereisnospork 6y ago
    >Not even close. Second law of thermodynamics puts a limit on heat engine. Gravity storage is not subject to such limit. Emphasis mine. Don't be a pedant.
    • Ensorceled 6y ago
      Well, my important point was that hydrocarbons are fucking terrible but keep focusing on the first part.
  • ergwwrt 6y ago
    2nd law of t only applies to mass. Gravity works via gravitons which are massless so the 2nd does not apply..