prof_mm

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   by prof_mm 7y ago

   There would be no electricity, since the automatic safety systems should detect such a failure and break the circuits, similar to what should happen if a cable fails in your bathroom. But assume not, to make it interesting. The way of short
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   by prof_mm 7y ago

   Sure, it's not a solution that will scale. As is wind energy: if we cover all the oceans with it, it will influence our climate and probably slow down the rotation of the earth, etc. The point is that a relatively small such storage pl
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   by prof_mm 7y ago

   The density of water is so much higher than that of air (if you are comparing subsea potential energy storage with compressed air storage onshore). And there is a lot of unused space at the bottom of the sea.
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   by prof_mm 7y ago

   A Word document? Are you kidding me? Would a truly cyber-security conscious (i.e.: slightly paranoid) citizen download and open that, from the open internet, with a nation-state actor behind it?
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   by prof_mm 7y ago

   Mathematics is typically approached in a different way than physics. But there are some books that offer a similar perspective to what Feynman tried to achieve, IMHO. I would recommend to look at works by John Stillwell, for example 'E