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Hm, you also need to consider that 5 trucks can have a much higher combined output than the 1 truck 5 times as high. The storage might scale this way but not t
by chris_engel 5y ago
Hm, you also need to consider that 5 trucks can have a much higher combined output than the 1 truck 5 times as high.
The storage might scale this way but not the output when demand is high.
- rsa25519 5y ago> Hm, you also need to consider that 5 trucks can have a much higher combined output than the 1 truck 5 times as high. How so?
- SagelyGuru 5y agoYou can make that one truck descend five times faster, giving the same output.
- randallsquared 5y ago"...for a given drop rate" seems implied. There will be a maximum drop rate that is supported by the machinery being built, and it seems reasonable, though not mandatory, that a 5x weight system will be designed to handle more generation than whatever it's 5x of.
- rakoo 5y agoThe total available energy in such a system is defined by m * g * z where m is the mass and z is the elevation difference. It doesn't depend on the speed at which it goes down