[FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!??

[Marcus Daniels]

What a grump!   Cliffs and mesas afford the opportunity of building rails.   Anyway, and the end he points out that pumped hydro is already an option.  And yet we only have about 2.1% energy storage performed that way.

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of glen <gepropella at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 9:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Roger Mcnamee !!??

This was some pretty funny coverage:

The Energy Vault is a Dumb Idea, Here's Why
https://youtu.be/iGGOjD_OtAM

On 1/4/22 07:00, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> There’s a cliff behind the house that ought to work!   At LANL there were these motivational Giving Campaign signs resembling thermometers.  Can we get to N million $$? Here you could look at the giant rocks suspended in the air.  Can the solar PUC get to the top of the hill with 100 tons?
>
> https://www.wired.com/story/energy-vault-gravity-storage/ <https://www.wired.com/story/energy-vault-gravity-storage/>
>

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glen
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