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1. Build a large superconducting flywheel energy storage system like they have in Japan, right under the launch centrifuge. 2. Use it continually to arbitrage
by hirundo 6y ago
1. Build a large superconducting flywheel energy storage system like they have in Japan, right under the launch centrifuge.
2. Use it continually to arbitrage energy prices. Buy low sell high.
3. At launch time divert the rotational energy to the centrifuge. (I'd like to see that clutch.)
4. Profit
- simonebrunozzi 6y agoCouldn't you simply do it with a battery?
- TaylorAlexander 6y agoYes but then how would you raise all the investor funds to funnel to your offshore accounts?
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoNot a scientist, but in theory flywheels or any kind of mechanical energy storage have less energy loss than chemical energy storage like batteries. Then there's wear and tear, switching, etc.
- timpattinson 6y ago5. Forget about the rockets, just buy and sell energy