• Varyk@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 year ago

    That’s awesome, I don’t think I have heard of that. I’m going to look into that for sure, thanks for the quick explanation.

    That reminds me of that idea of a solar panel farm that uses its excess energy to lift a boulder during the day and then during the night the boulder falls and turns alternators that create electricity from the weight of the boulder slowly falling back down overnight

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      1 year ago

      Yes but I think methane is far more practical

      Google “synthetic methane”

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        1 year ago

        Ah, I have. Yes, I see what you mean. That is a useful technology.

        Is that specific field still very prototypical? I can’t find any real-world applications yet.

        Can it scale or has it only been experimented within laboratory settings so far?

        Oh wait, Japan of course, what’s going through with trials. Cool

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          1 year ago

          There’s a huge plant in California and France. theres a lot.