The Million Ton flywheel

Storing energy is a huge problem around the world, made worse by ignorant politicians who insist on forcing highly unstable energy sources onto the grid. Conventional flywheels can easily store building-sized power, but what is needed is a way to store CITY-sized amounts of power. Pumping stations can come close, but since mountains aren't everywhere, they are only practical for a select few locations. This is but one solution (To keep it brief, I left a lot of lesser details out!) Feel free to visit the book, Patent Mine, found at www.lulu.com/trnowry for more, and an entertaining story as well.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• flywheel
• mhd
• magnetohydrodynamic
• energy
• smart grid
• patent mine

[johnroach1]

You should use salt water for the liquid. Liquid metals such as Gallium/Indium alloys are very expensive.

[johnroach1]

You can use this in a car or truck to store M on a battery spike.