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Forget about superconductivity. How about flywheels?

• rosser 15y ago
  Flywheels are for energy storage, not transmission.
  • JoelMcCracken 15y ago
    just let them roll to their destination!
  • gmaslov 15y ago
    Heh. Never underestimate the power of a station wagon full of flywheels hurtling down the highway?
    • wlesieutre 15y ago
      Steering a car full of gyroscopes in fast moving traffic? Sign me up!
      • i2pi 15y ago
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus
        • wlesieutre 15y ago
          That's really cool, I'd never heard of these. I imagine the flywheels are horizontal so that the bus can turn without trying to change their angular momentum, but I wonder if there's any effect on banked curves or going up hills.
    • deleted 15y ago
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  • Andaith 15y ago
    I think he means install them for each house, store the non-peak surplus energy, and then use it during peak times.