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Neat breakdown with data + some code.

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So do you take a 1500 kg weight (about the weight of a Toyota Camry) and raise it about 7.3 meters (about 2 stories in a typical residential home)?

Honestly that is way, way more reasonable than I was expecting. This isn't half as bad of an idea as I thought it would be

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Sorry whoops I was off by a factor of 1000 because I used grams instead of kilograms. The Camry needs to be raised 7.3 km. Or you need 1000 of them in one house.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Pumping 1500L of water up into a tower doesn't seem difficult or expensive.