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GeoAtreides
11 months ago
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Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal
flywheels are batteries, of a different kind (and density) than lithium or lead ones.
loeg
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You know what he meant. Respond to the charitable interpretation of the comment, etc.
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They're usually almost more capacitators than they are batteries from an electrical standpoint. They're there to rapidly smooth out the smaller jitters.
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