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MIT scientists propose power storage using cement blocks (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The team worked out that a 45 cubic meter material block of nanocarbon-black-doped concrete would have enough capacity to store about 10kWh of energy, which is reckoned to be the average daily electricity usage for a household, so remote off-grid houses with batteries in the foundations could operate using windmills or solar panels.

That would be the foundation of a 1-story 1600ft^2 house, for those of us unfortunate enough to have an innate sense of freedom units and not logical units.

I'm very curious about the longevity and durability of these bricks, and safety considerations. A house could potentially, (pun intended,) instantly discharge a lot of electricity into someone who comes in to contact with its foundation. Don't use that masonry drill, it might kill you!