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Re:Maximizing Battery Storage Profits via High-Frequency Int... by yetihehe on Thursday June 12, 2025 @04:13PM (#44262658)
If you heat up iron to very high temperature (>770°C), it's much harder to fling it using electromagnets.
Re:Maximizing Battery Storage Profits via High-Frequency Int... by BobaFloutist on Thursday June 12, 2025 @04:55PM (#44263103)
Ah that's annoying. Fine, we use the electricity to heat...uh...molten salt encased in stone, and to pull back a very big heat-proof slingshot, and after a threshold it lets go and launches it into space.