Why Adam Something Criticizes Energy Vault Gravity Batteries
Adam Something · Commentary · 4 min · 2021 · YouTube title: The Energy Vault is a Dumb Idea, Here's Why
Why it's here
HN cites it as the go-to debunk when gravity storage projects appear, usually by commenters who think the idea is a dud.
What it covers
Adam Something argues in four minutes that gravity batteries like Energy Vault, which lift concrete blocks with cranes, are a poor energy storage idea. He draws on a longer Thunderf00t debunk.