Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 08/12/2024 16:18, Rich wrote:

186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:

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   Modern flywheels - super-sized - COULD store rather a lot of
   energy.  However you'd need to bury them a little Just In Case.

 The physics of flywheels begin to bite you in the a** when you start
trying to "supersize" them for storage of significant amounts of
energy.  You need exotic super strong materials (read as: "super
costly" and/or "does not exist yet") to prevent them from pulling
themselves apart rather explosively.

Exactly. Sentences like "COULD store rather a lot of energy." are simple hand-wavey nonsense,.
The UK to be fully 'renewable' for example would need to store the sort of energy  found in half a dozen medium sized strategic nuclear bombs.
However you do that, its damned risky - hydrogen - spinning flywheels - hydro dams, batteries.
In fact the safest  energy store capable of doing it is a set of uranium/plutonium fuel rods. And then you don't need any renewable shit at all.
Simples!
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