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tecleandorlast Tuesday at 7:34 PM1 replyview on HN

But how expensive would be to dig a, I don't know, 1000 by 6 feet hole in the ground? I have no idea of an equivalent gravity battery...


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thfuranlast Tuesday at 9:30 PM

The average US household uses about 10,000 kwhr per year. That's roughly equivalent to the gravitational energy of dropping ten tons down a 200 mile hole.

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