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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

This, but with autonomous cars on hills:“In effect, the trains convert the excess electricity to potential energy.” https://t.co/p5Jw6q6MSf

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Autonomous Cars+Capacitors+Trophallaxis: As the day comes to an end, more and more cars drive themselves to the top of hills and mountains.

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

The cars end up driving back into the city to release their stored power. Batteries as shared stomach. Uber, but for grid energy storage.

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

@uber_but_for Green Mountain Power are already doing something with renting tesla batteries for decentral solar. I just put 2 &2 together :P

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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It's really a simple conclusion based on two observations: cars are heavy, a swarm isn't going to be used at full capacity all the time.

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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FYI: There's already something similar being done with flywheels as energy storage in public transportation: https://t.co/qH9CroF4JQ

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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The problem this is solving really, is how to get the effects of https://t.co/yTmBgIwK6l … without water or tons of work. Hello SanFran!

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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Easy win: Makes more efficient energy storage for cars at night when lower commute demand, but high storage demand.

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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TL;DR: Solve for problems that you'll face on mars, and you get solutions that might work well on earth under the right circumstance.

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4/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Why electricity storage in a distributed on-demand grid of batteries modeled on something like trophallaxis?https://t.co/fz6GNppIk2

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3/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Duck Curves? Where we're going, we don't need duck curves.https://t.co/jrcT5UyQ25

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3/13/2017