Note: said society is preindustrial and has ample access to flowing water, but not fossil fuels or radioactive deposits. It also has access to mountain hot springs, which I thought could also be used as “batteries” during times when streams freeze. This last point is what set him off.

He also really hates wind turbines.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I said stream runoff, not steam runoff :P

    Oh fuck, I legit need glasses, my bad rofl.

    And yes, gravity battery is a legit term, it just isn’t part of most … colloquial conceptions of a battery.

    But you are correct, it would be an emergency gravity battery.

    I edited in more while you were typing this reply, but it seems you do mean pre-industrial, pre steam boilers.

    In that case, yes, this all checks out, the hot springs could function as an emergency reserve if some simple machines needed to churn…

    Presumably this society would… essentially time their preindustrial mfg activities to when the streams and rivers are flowing naturally, and essentially go into a kind of low activity / holiday break mode during the winter, and rely on a surplus from the warmer seasons.

    • BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      10·
      5 days ago

      Presumably this society would… essentially time their preindustrial mfg activities to when the streams and rivers are flowing naturally, and essentially go into a kind of low activity / holiday break mode during the winter, and rely on a surplus from the warmer seasons.

      Got it in one!