• Hjalmar
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    8 months ago

    The unit consists of an insulated silo filled with sand, and is outfitted with heat transfer pipes and tech to convert electricity to heat

    So it’s basically a hot pile of sand with a steam engine attached to it? I don’t know if I think this will actually work but it does seem like a fun concept

    • n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      How do you think we create most of the electricity in the first place? Burn coal to heat water to spin a turbine. In some countries we replace coal for uranium to do the exact same thing. 1000c is a lot of energy