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  • @sudazima
    @sudazima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2131

    you totally missed the 5MW power of this thing. youd need one of these PER WINDTURBINE, damnyum

    • @tom_ad9343
      @tom_ad9343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      At 20 MWh, that would only be 4 hrs of storage as well. Given that even in the highest quality wind locations, wind can have lulls were the turbine produces less than 10% for 5 days or more - the single 5 MW turbine would need 25-30 energy storage towers to cover such periods.

    • @sudazima
      @sudazima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@tom_ad9343 think it was 70MWh? not that it would change the conclusion. probably a lot cheaper to overbuild power by 10x than this storage :P (or yknow gas backup)

    • @tom_ad9343
      @tom_ad9343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@sudazima 2/3rd of the cost of electricity is the transmission and distribution system (i.e. grid costs), any overbuild of capacity would require a similar overbuild of the grid to support it. It's cheaper to just build nuclear plants next to load centers (i.e. cities) by 1x and buffer them with pump hydro.

    • @bdf2718
      @bdf2718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@tom_ad9343 4 hours is long enough to bring some coal/oil plants up to steam. They're not very efficient, but they're good enough to take up the slack for a while until either the wind picks up or bring a more efficient plant up to steam.
      4 hours of storage for a wind farm is good enough. Well, it would be if the cost were comparable to pumped storage. 4 hours for a turbine in a wind farm is nowhere near good enough, especially when it's a lot more expensive than pumped storage.

    • @tom_ad9343
      @tom_ad9343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@bdf2718 Maintaining an entire fleet of coal/oil/gas plants, and having them idle on standby "waiting" to take up the slack is not economically viable. And whether it's a single turbine, a large farm, a whole country, or the whole of western Europe, 4 hrs is not enough.

  • @ZefVolk
    @ZefVolk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1777

    Just cover the bricks with solar panels. Double infinite energy!

    • @drbra1n
      @drbra1n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Bottom side of bricks and the road below!

    • @Matt_10203
      @Matt_10203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      And put waterseers inside the bricks as the concrete will always be cold in the inside, therefore infinite water source, bam.

    • @kingjames4886
      @kingjames4886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      and make mexico pay for it!

    • @dvhh
      @dvhh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      And brick made of throrium !

    • @ThePdeHav
      @ThePdeHav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Snorlax priceless!!!

  • @lebrigand4115
    @lebrigand4115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    You're wrong! Water doesn't fall from the sky, it condenses in dehumidifiers!

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Amusingly, this is not an inaccurate description of how percipitation works. Rain falls when either the temperature drops below the dew point, or pressure builds and raises the dew point with it.

    • @Nordic_Mechanic
      @Nordic_Mechanic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      it's not a dehumidifier ffs ! it's a water from air machine ! Get it right

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well then why did I get wet yesterday waiting for the mail? There were no leaks from the dehumidifier either which gets dumped twice a day.

    • @mathis8210
      @mathis8210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have an idea for a new energy storage system. You boil water and then recondense it in waterseers on higher elevation. Best efficiency ever.

    • @bdf2718
      @bdf2718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mathis8210 Combine it with a vertical hyperloop and you have a vacuum still.

  • @0x777
    @0x777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1606

    Wait, wait, wait... they can build bricks 50% cheaper than anyone else?
    They should concentrate on that, they'll make millions!

    • @michaelndebbie
      @michaelndebbie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      The "bricks" are made from recycled concrete, they're not suitable for construction

    • @japzone
      @japzone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

      @@michaelndebbie Yet they want to dynamically construct towers with them on demand?

    • @wagonator6891
      @wagonator6891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@michaelndebbie Somehow they have overcomed the limitations of the recycled concrete blocs and want to build a stackable tower with them.

    • @tommylundy2495
      @tommylundy2495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      First thing I thought, a construction crane. Forget the power

    • @SvenskSork
      @SvenskSork 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wooaao your right! Free masons watch out, youve got competition XD

  • @TheRyderShotgunn
    @TheRyderShotgunn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    y'know, some time back, I, a high school dropout, tried thinking about energy generation.
    I knew that one of the more common methods is converting kinetic energy into electric energy by way of turning a motor.
    so i knew I needed a kinetic force to turn this motor, and thinking about it for a while, I thought about using gravity to turn this motor. It is, roughly speaking, a kinetic force applied to everything, pushing it all down onto the earth.
    but obviously, it's not as if there was such a thing as a gravity-mill, so the way to harness gravity for energy generation was to apply gravity to a physical object by basically dropping it, and then catching the kinetic energy of the dropping object and apply it to a motor. And wouldn't ya have thunk it, the rough idea I had was basically this energy vault thing. Take something heavy, tie a cable to it, hook the cable to a motor, drop the heavy object off a tall height. Boom.
    But, well, though I can't do math, I knew that at some point, that heavy object would need to be moved back on top of the system to keep the whole thing going, and moving that object was going to cost energy, and the energy spent getting this object to the top of the system to drop it might not make the energy generated from dropping back down, y'know, worth it.
    I thought about it for a few more seconds before practically slapping myself on the forehead when I realized: electric dams. water goes down through system, water evaporates into sky and rains back down on top of system, repeat.
    Water dams already do this, and a lot better, too. I laughed at myself for not thinking about it before, then went about my day doing whatever it was I was doing at the time.

    • @Radies-chan
      @Radies-chan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Totally. But there are small scale situations, where generation by gravity makes sense. Maybe your grandparents had one of those standing clocks, where the weights had to be lifted once a day or so.
      I have seen a similar mechanism for a lamp, that was designed for very remote villages in developing countries, where there is no electrical grid in place. The user can hook something heavy onto a string - like say a bag of rice - and lift it every hour or half hour with his muscle energy. Through a lot of cogs the "fall" of the bag is slowed and energy is generated to power a single light bulb. So the kids in these remote villages can do their school work in the evening.
      It is nothing like the crane, because it actually works and knows its limitations. Plus it fills a need that didn't already have a solution.

    • @bulldozer8950
      @bulldozer8950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Radies-chan I mean the main benefit there though is the fact you don’t have to build power lines or bring batteries somewhere. You don’t really need any infrastructure besides the actual light and a dude there.

    • @adriaanvantulpenbaard1740
      @adriaanvantulpenbaard1740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes but you are smart, you right away realize that it is not logical and that we already have pumped storage, but this one and many other ones are just marketing people that want investment money. Pumped storage in colder climate with a lot of rainfall has a free energy benefit from rainwater in the upper reservoir, I just realize that. probably just only a small benefit. However the problem with pumped storage is that the Netherlands is all flat land and that a man made structure would be way to expensive.

    • @johnpulawski35
      @johnpulawski35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this is now a 1.7bn company, crazy market lol

    • @mccarthy5825
      @mccarthy5825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely awesome comment 👍 people like you give me hope that the whole world hasn't gone mad and that there are sane people out there who think up these things but have the sense grasp on reality to not go trying to scam money to reinvent the wheel. You sound like a decent bloke 👍 all the best from 🇮🇪

  • @antipattern0
    @antipattern0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +595

    Its 50% cheaper then other animated bricks :)

    • @JONOVID
      @JONOVID 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      with the all new free Blender 2.8 3D content-creation software
      . yes, now anyone can save the world in their own youtube video

    • @prsplayer210
      @prsplayer210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@JONOVID dont tempt me

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Cobblestone is more abundant... at least in my inventory....

    • @terner1234
      @terner1234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@tastyloaf5487 you don't have to smelt it or get silk touch

    • @juholaaksonen7455
      @juholaaksonen7455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lols 😅

  • @jastat
    @jastat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    They could fill the bricks with water from Fontus bottles! Cost problem solved

    • @Bansky85
      @Bansky85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      And power the crane via solar roadways. Because all of these concepts will make the world “great” again

    • @GeneralPose
      @GeneralPose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Free lunch confirmed!

    • @jastat
      @jastat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Bansky85 And then they could use the stored power to power the hyperloop!

    • @tarstarkusz
      @tarstarkusz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TF is being stupid here. They say the thing is going to be made from rocks, not concrete. It's a dumb idea and likely a scam, but he still fucked that point up.

    • @JustaGuy_Gaming
      @JustaGuy_Gaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Actually if those water seer/fontus, etc things actually worked they could solve power problems! I mean if they pull gallons of water out of the air on a dialy basis, even in a desert like they claim they could constantly fill up the tanks of a water pump power plant!

  • @zeroangelmk1
    @zeroangelmk1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1237

    Why not reconstruct the battleship Yamato and then use cranes to raise and lower it for energy storage?

    • @cdav
      @cdav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      Make sure to vacuum-proof it in case the Earth gets irradiated, so we can live on it in space.

    • @LiEnby
      @LiEnby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      *perfect*

    • @chrisvig123
      @chrisvig123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      😆

    • @FizzleFX
      @FizzleFX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Wanna know the saddest part about this stupid statement? Its actually *an better idea* ... since you can drop the Yamato into water and dont have to be pin point accurate. Also you move just one object vs thousands... and so on and so forth

    • @friedmule5403
      @friedmule5403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@FizzleFX LOL it's a sad thing when an idiotic idea, said in fun, is fare better then the "cutting edge" idea that people have paid for:-)

  • @calimar41
    @calimar41 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Fun thing: when they made the 3 barrels high stack they had to chain the barrels to one another to avoid the whole thing to break down.

  • @Mic_Glow
    @Mic_Glow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1504

    I HAVE A BRILLIANT IDEA
    cover the bricks with solar panels

    • @ZacLowing
      @ZacLowing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Or how about making the bricks hollow and fill them with water too!

    • @spammy555
      @spammy555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@ZacLowing water from water seers.

    • @RealAlexanderMusic
      @RealAlexanderMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      We can lay the bricks down to create a road full of solar panels.

    • @ddlk9913
      @ddlk9913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Now THIS is a circular economy

    • @railfanatic1416
      @railfanatic1416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      We can transfer that energy around the globe using iOnizInG raDIatIon!!!!1!!11111

  • @alecman95
    @alecman95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    Literally any kickstarter: "Hey. We have develo-"
    _BUSTED_
    _Thunderf00t_
    _3 minutes ago_

    • @frbe0101
      @frbe0101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I got to get my kickstarter up just to have thunderfoot bust it!

    • @CuongNguyen-le5ic
      @CuongNguyen-le5ic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My project is to hook up thousands of people and use theirs bioelectric field to power the planet. It will have different tower where baby, teens, adult and old people in different sections and will be locate in some 3rd world countries where I don't have to worry about human's rights.

    • @dready8192
      @dready8192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If he only would stop inflating numbers with saying stuff like "quarter of a million" or "half of a million"... its 250.000 SAY IT LIKE THAT.

    • @Night60700
      @Night60700 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look up Gravitricity

    • @AngelicDirt
      @AngelicDirt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, the invention-based ones, anyway. :v

  • @stephenwoods4118
    @stephenwoods4118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    And don't forget the life cycle of the lifting wire ropes.

    • @alecnolastname4362
      @alecnolastname4362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      And the pulleys they are running through.

    • @InuKun2008
      @InuKun2008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      As well as the lubricating oil on said cable (recalling the Superman ride at Six Flags Kentucky which had a 14 year old girl say goodbye to her legs).

    • @cernos7230
      @cernos7230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      and the little bit of breeze that can reduce accuracy of placing the bricks

    • @tarstarkusz
      @tarstarkusz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and the hooks assuming they will use hooks, though I don't see how else this could work. You can't use straps or anything that needs to go under the bricks since it's self loading. It's just a stupid idea.

    • @TheGauges420
      @TheGauges420 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tarstarkusz either hooks or vice grip type things.

  • @thorild69
    @thorild69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    This is so inefficient.
    My model wraps a giant cable around the equator, and uses Coriolis effects to strip the cable back out, like a giant gyroscope launching...150% efficient.

    • @Hydro_Aero
      @Hydro_Aero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah man, Not even the law of thermodynamics can stop you!!
      /s

  • @SaltpeterTaffy
    @SaltpeterTaffy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    "a cubic meter of water"
    Hey there's that cubic meter girl again. Right on schedule.

    • @LAnonHubbard
      @LAnonHubbard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thunderf00t has a crush on her I reckon.

    • @Maddin1313
      @Maddin1313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But he doesn't crush on her as hard as the card-crusher crushes cards.

    • @nanonymous9139
      @nanonymous9139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TF, lock this young woman out from your basement!

    • @lyrimetacurl0
      @lyrimetacurl0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If she was a cubic metre she would weigh about 1000 kg.

    • @funposting8912
      @funposting8912 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t forget the Yamato!

  • @sixtiespiderman
    @sixtiespiderman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Hook up a generator to Boltzmann's corpse and play these ads on repeat. Infinite energy from him turning in his grave.

    • @KarbineKyle
      @KarbineKyle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL!

    • @mozkitolife5437
      @mozkitolife5437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's the funniest shit I've read all year. Hat off to you.

    • @ilian334
      @ilian334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Best comment ever

    • @doggonemess1
      @doggonemess1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm pretty sure he'd stick out his arms just to make sure that thermodynamics wasn't violated.

  • @maxwhite4732
    @maxwhite4732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Step 1: Solar FREAKIN Roadways
    Step 2: use to power dehu... Waterseer
    Step 3: use water to fill barrels
    Step 4: stack barrels into a large tower
    Step 5: Profit

    • @bdf2718
      @bdf2718 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You forgot the underpants.

    • @ElJohnerino
      @ElJohnerino 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!

    • @Dragonblaster1
      @Dragonblaster1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Genius. Sheer genius.

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Step 4.5: Attach large tower to a floating asteroid orbiting Earth.

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Use solar freakin roadways power to evaporate water that will be condensed on a huge metal plate in the sky (levitated with Hendo technology, just 13 dollars and 10 cents given the plate is as big as a house) then drop the water on a turbine in Africa and boom, energy storage + free , clean , fresh water from the air so the women and children don't have to walk 30 miles carrying jugs on their heads through the desert being attacked by scorpions just to get to a murky puddle and get cholera. You won't get away this time Nobel Prize!!

  • @aggressivli
    @aggressivli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Did I just watch a 20 min long ad for a Yamato battleship model?

    • @dkey201
      @dkey201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @7000fps
      @7000fps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes ! thunderf00T....BUSTED

    • @gustre
      @gustre 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      a very sophisticated ad indeed

  • @doggonemess1
    @doggonemess1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Anyone else notice how their amazing proof of concept involved the barrels being lashed together to ensure they didn't blow over from being 30 feet high?

    • @rustycherkas8229
      @rustycherkas8229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's called a prototype of a concept of a prototype of a working scale model of a proof of concept...
      What... ??

    • @Mortomi
      @Mortomi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rustycherkas8229 They had to tie the barrels together, which they cannot do in their supposed design. They tied them together because the barrels would fall over. The entire system doesn’t work.

    • @rustycherkas8229
      @rustycherkas8229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mortomi
      Oh, the system works quite well, thank you very much... Scammers riding the wave of desperation that seeks energy solutions. They're happy to spend millions (and pay themselves handsomely) out of investors' pockets who want to appear "green", encouraged by governments offering 150% tax credit for money spent on "green energy" solutions (whether the solutions perform or not.)
      It's just a pity that no one will be called to account for this waste...

  • @andrewwilkinson5776
    @andrewwilkinson5776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Why not just build it in a tunnel to protect from wind? Or even better inside a hyperloop.

    • @CasusBelli1000
      @CasusBelli1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Andrew Wilkinson na... you want to hook it on an asteroid.

    • @RedwoodTheElf
      @RedwoodTheElf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or just inside a building. Or in an underground vault.

    • @robertpendzick9250
      @robertpendzick9250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tunnels run sidewise you need to dig it into a hole, and use thorium blocks because they will be denser and weight more meaning more energy storage per block,

    • @junoguten
      @junoguten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You need to run it on 12 grams of thorium, because it's heavier than 12 grams of concrete :^)

  • @eulekeule
    @eulekeule 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Esp. impressive how they tied up the barrels so the tower won´t collapse.
    Can´t wait to see how they "solve" the instability problem with a hundret meter high concret tower...

    • @chrissi.enbyYT
      @chrissi.enbyYT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its an animation! Look at it!! Its perfect! Just gimme the moneyz

    • @rumls4drinkin
      @rumls4drinkin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Lassi Kinnunen off the top of my head the energy loss is about 15%. not covered by public education.

    • @greggreg2027
      @greggreg2027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LEGO
      The only way to solve it is LEGO

    • @AteshSeruhn
      @AteshSeruhn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The blocks are going to turn into massive donuts. Lifted to slide into place around giant central spires that suck the released energy up, this marvel will look like a giant set of Towers of Hanoi.

    • @bumbleWeaver
      @bumbleWeaver 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      All they need is a layer of reusable chewing gum between each brick. instability problem "Solved".

  • @TheDementiscanis
    @TheDementiscanis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I think the analysis of the energy vaults flaws was spot on, but it was a bit unfair to compare it to pump storage. Pump storage has some serious issues as well. It is not practical everywhere, requires massive amounts of land, with a significant elevation difference. And potentially has massive ecological impact even when it meets those conditions. So we do need some alternatives to pump storage for managing energy storage, and they are likely to cost significantly more the pump storage.

    • @robertweekes5783
      @robertweekes5783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Look no further than molten salt storage for solar thermal, its already being implemented and the salt heat storage can be concentrated in a small volume - only limited by the boiling point under pressure.
      Better yet use the molten salt to transfer heat and turn an electric power generator, see “LFTR’s in 5 minutes”

    • @user-zb8tq5pr4x
      @user-zb8tq5pr4x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He never said pump storage has no issues

    • @delirioususer9668
      @delirioususer9668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@user-zb8tq5pr4x and OP never said that he said that pump storage has no issues

    • @neldanie
      @neldanie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh FFS, he was comparing it with pumped storage as if pumped storage didn't have the same issues. News flash: It does. Oh sorry wait, no: they don't use concrete to build dams...

    • @user-zb8tq5pr4x
      @user-zb8tq5pr4x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@neldanie That's the dumbest comment i've ever read, concrete in dams doesn't undergo nearly the same stresses as it would in that dumbass tower, concrete is a strong building material and when it's in contact with only water, it lasts many decades, but in that tower it would get bumped every day by other 100s of kilos heavy blocks, how long do you think that'll last?

  • @chrimony
    @chrimony 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Self-healing water! Genius! You can sell that for $10 a bottle.

    • @alecnolastname4362
      @alecnolastname4362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have something better this water from the edge of the world is going to prove to all those non-fatearthers that the earth is indeed flat for how else could I have gotten it from the edge of the world?
      It tastes kind of salty though.

    • @Vapefly0815
      @Vapefly0815 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Needs more solar cells.

    • @00BillyTorontoBill
      @00BillyTorontoBill 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      call it Dihydrogen Monoxide - nuclear de-aging cream.

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Water is already $10 a bottle.

    • @elLooto
      @elLooto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol. Used Bathwater sells for 3 times that.

  • @Robert-qb5rq
    @Robert-qb5rq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I love how you Shit on solar roads every chance you get. It's been the best running meme

    • @Roxor128
      @Roxor128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      To be fair, solar roads is such a shitty idea it needs a sewage treatment plant.

    • @iglidor
      @iglidor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Johan Svensson Only after those who still propagate that idea stop first

    • @Blutsaugher
      @Blutsaugher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@iglidor I agree, misinformation should be whacked down mercilessly as much as needed. Us having fun with it is just a plus.

    • @markswabey5870
      @markswabey5870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but its solar frigging roadways lol

    • @RupertAndCheese
      @RupertAndCheese 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really? Because it's really obnoxious to me. Like I get it, you've debunked some shit, you don't need to make half the video references to other videos.

  • @agent3202
    @agent3202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    so now combining a crane with rock is sellable.
    Cranes are incredibly inefficient.

    • @alexanderwestphal9777
      @alexanderwestphal9777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol really I thought they used pulleys and shit to get engineering advantages

    • @martingrundy5475
      @martingrundy5475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was shouting bullshit at the supposed efficiency.
      Then again, we know these tossers don't even bother to do back of a cig packet calc's, never mind actually look into anything. They make the shit up wholesale. First priority is some shmoozy marketing bollocks, a virtually empty, vacuous website, and of course a fancy animation and some graphics.
      Then it's time to bumswizzle the gullible fucks of thier cash.

    • @bdf2718
      @bdf2718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@martingrundy5475 That's the problem. So few people smoke these days. No cig packets to do rough calculations on.

    • @BruceS42
      @BruceS42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bdf2718 That's a trivial problem. Use waiters' pads instead. The numbers absolutely *fly* on those, allowing calculations beyond the reach of ordinary computers.

    • @antalz
      @antalz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martingrundy5475 I don't need the back of a cig packet to compute mgh. Fits in my brain entirely. Admittedly I am a trained and certified physicist.

  • @romankvapil9184
    @romankvapil9184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    There's a saying in engineering, "The more complicated the machine is, the more expensively inefficient it becomes."

    • @wesleymays1931
      @wesleymays1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      So this is why an electric clothes dryer costs $500 but a 50" TV only costs $300.
      Because with a TV, there's no moving parts, but with a dryer, that's basically all it is.

    • @ftlflmtld192
      @ftlflmtld192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@wesleymays1931 uh I dont think he meant in terms of money, i think he meant in terms of energy. For example, I have 2 batteries and I want to output some energy. If i were to use a 50% effecient cicuit, i would get 1 battery worth of energy from 2. The thing is, when you are converting 1 form of energy to another, some goes into other forms and a little into entropy ( energy which is forever unusable ). Like A cicuit which just lights a bulb using batteries would not only emit light, but it would emite some heat, magnetic waves etc

    • @wesleymays1931
      @wesleymays1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ftlflmtld192 Right. That's what 'efficiency' tends to mean in this context. I decided to just go ahead and name a few ideas to bring down the price, make the bricks more stable, and simplify the machinery (especially the conical-nub LEGO stacking, the crane(s) don't need to be nearly as precise)

    • @mr.motyer600
      @mr.motyer600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree that this idea is ludicrous and pumped hydro looks much better. What's the solution in a place that doesn't have access to a lot of water? I.e., solar farm in the desert. Doesn't seem like lithium ion batteries are really capable of operating at those large scales either.

    • @romankvapil9184
      @romankvapil9184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mr.motyer600 A solar farm that pumps electrical energy into lithium batteries is far more efficient than the tower thing here. More energy is captured and stored because it has less parts to move about which causes potential more energy to be lost.
      The dumb tower thing has TONS of moving parts to complete it's motions. That's a great deal of potential energy lost due to it converting some of that to heat and what not. Not to mention maintaining big cost.
      The point is to capture and store as much energy as possible without losing as much. That's why a dam, solar panels, wind turbines, etc, are far more efficient than this.

  • @dereksgc
    @dereksgc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    1919: "I bet we'll have fusion generators in the future"
    2019: "Boulder go up, less power, boulder fall down, more power"

    • @DrewLSsix
      @DrewLSsix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Fusion wasn’t even a concept in 1919.

    • @dereksgc
      @dereksgc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@DrewLSsix hmm its almost as if I was joking

    • @kennethschultz6465
      @kennethschultz6465 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      when was 1000leauged under SEA written ..yes
      Some sort of propultion or energi fusion was sort of
      1919 fusion energy IT was in the books ..
      Sifi books anyway

    • @medexamtoolscom
      @medexamtoolscom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They didn't even discover the neutron until 1932, stupid. They had only just discovered radioactivity by the early 20th century, they had no concept of fusion generators or even binding energy. Should have said 1959 instead.

    • @kennethschultz6465
      @kennethschultz6465 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@medexamtoolscom hey hey Jules Verne had IT as SiFi 1869

  • @sal5440
    @sal5440 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Whoever makes these 3d renders has got to be rolling in the money lately.

  • @alanstone1206
    @alanstone1206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    The foundations for this tower would have to withstand 700+ tons/sq mt, about twice that of the Empire State Building, no one is costing that, and is it possible?

    • @friedmule5403
      @friedmule5403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is in fact easily possible, expensive but possible.

    • @kennethferland5579
      @kennethferland5579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea I mentioned that as well the foundation nessary for this thing will be enormouse, probably requiring as much cement as the tower itself.

    • @yodaiam1000
      @yodaiam1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it is possible but you want it on bedrock if at all possible. Hard soil would allow for a tower about 150' high. You would have to reinforce the ground in different locations. You would also expect some settlement even with hard soil but that wouldn't be too much of an issue.

    • @czechgop7631
      @czechgop7631 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's about 7MPa and classic drymix concrete is good to 20MPa, special ones to 40.
      The true problem, as it was mentioned, would be the soil underneath the foundations.

    • @danielkarlsson8850
      @danielkarlsson8850 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not if the blocks are "50% cheaper". And not if they're missing any sort of steel support.

  • @ColinTimmins
    @ColinTimmins 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I like how the barrels in their test rig were mostly braced manually with strapping to prevent it from falling over. Is that the plan for something 100x more complex and bigger? Lol

    • @falconJB
      @falconJB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I wonder how many times they knocked that pile over before saying fuck it and just strapping the barrels together.

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      also stacking might not be the brightest of Arrangements. having two wide foundations with different altitude that store the bricks in a wide pattern would be safer.
      and then you could replace the concrete with dihydrogen monoxide anyway.
      dihydrogen monoxide, the chemical in Chemtrails.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ulrichkalber9039 You will now get a visit from the guys in gray suits. You let out the secret of what Chemtrails are.

    • @noname-wo9yy
      @noname-wo9yy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      O well have i got a power point for you!

    • @ulrichkalber9039
      @ulrichkalber9039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@noname-wo9yyMaybe we can extract the power out of powerpoints

  • @Tore_Lund
    @Tore_Lund 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    That girl in the cube was in my math text book in the mid 80' . She must be around 60 today.

    • @OldBenOne
      @OldBenOne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And should be getting residuals from TF.

    • @TrevorKeenAnimation
      @TrevorKeenAnimation 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Check your math - more like around 40 if it's a 1980s textbook.

    • @Aki-to
      @Aki-to 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TrevorKeenAnimation Doesn't seem like she was 0 years old at the time of the shooting.

    • @TrevorKeenAnimation
      @TrevorKeenAnimation 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Aki-to No - she looks 8 or 9. Someone born in 1980 would obviously be 9 in 1989 and 39 today.

    • @Tore_Lund
      @Tore_Lund 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TrevorKeenAnimation I remembered the wrong things from algebra.

  • @juggalo184
    @juggalo184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Why not power a wind turbine with a fan? Perpetual. Motion. Solved.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Ken Ham says that his jewish god solves the 2nd law of thermodynamics problem. That god is a perpetual motion machine.

    • @159asmos
      @159asmos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      this is power storage. not generatition. unused power from the wind brings the bricks up. the bricks going down generates the power when there is no wind.

    • @UlshaRS
      @UlshaRS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But some politician said that turbines use up the wind? Or was that solar panels use up the sun?

    • @harryconover289
      @harryconover289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope your trying g to be funny , not laughing

    • @Elenrai
      @Elenrai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Brer Rabbit Pornhub already did that uh "wankband" bracelet like..I wanna say 4 years ago?

  • @daveslow84
    @daveslow84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Tried "hand"... I'm in intensive care now with gunshot wounds, must have misunderstood instructions...

  • @soapdogger
    @soapdogger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Crazy man moves around canned beans while making crane sounds... LOOK AT THE PROVEN CONCEPT!

    • @Angel2kinds
      @Angel2kinds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm 100% sure its a corn tho
      Just sayin

    • @followerofteaandspice1815
      @followerofteaandspice1815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Angel2kinds yellow beans

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Crazy Florida man turns beans into corn

    • @fappylp2574
      @fappylp2574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At least the crane sounds were on point!

    • @MrJFlint1886
      @MrJFlint1886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The one part of the video I'm sure he enjoyed the most in making

  • @pqrstzxerty1296
    @pqrstzxerty1296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    I found free energy, get other people to pay my energy bills.

  • @fleshtonegolem
    @fleshtonegolem 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    @9:55 not to mention they had to lash all those barrels together! Why do you suppose that was?

    • @urdnal
      @urdnal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Because they're not custom, inexpensive bricks duh

    • @sinephase
      @sinephase 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      they don't have their super special software yet :P

    • @commentcopbadge6665
      @commentcopbadge6665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because SHUT UP! That's why. LOL

    • @kruleworld
      @kruleworld 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw that. glad you noticed too.

  • @KingQwertzlbrmpf
    @KingQwertzlbrmpf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    9:24 The first question that pops to mind when you see this part of the footage might be: "Why exactly are the barrels at the bottom tethered together? That seems counterproductive."

  • @volvofreak86
    @volvofreak86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    "How to make money in 2019, make up a project and make a flashy presentation with animations and bam instant moneys"

    • @randomuser2461
      @randomuser2461 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not flashy or anything close to that. You on the other hand are doing that for the people who made this video.

    • @Youtubeforcedmetochangemyname
      @Youtubeforcedmetochangemyname 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mlst people now are stupid enough to invest too and when you invest there is chance of loss so their money is as good as gone

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TH-camforcedmetochangemyname Not gone, just in someone else's pocket. You know, like where a politician's hands would be.

    • @thoughtlesskills
      @thoughtlesskills 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's been that way for a long time, just have websites dedicated to it now.

    • @eternalreign2313
      @eternalreign2313 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah unfortunately gullibility appears to be our most abundant resource these days. We need to make skepticism great again.

  • @the80hdgaming
    @the80hdgaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    So they've basically invented super-expensive Tetris...

    • @ShojoBakunyu
      @ShojoBakunyu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's the cost of licensing the song that'll put them out if business. 😹

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I have a brilliant idea. Store energy in electric airplanes.
    Imagine a 30000-foot tall dam? The planes can climb to 30000 feet without a pilot, then land without a pilot, with a large fraction of their initial charge left due to using their propellers as wind turbines. Massive amounts of energy to anywhere on demand.

  • @watsbrewing
    @watsbrewing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    9:35 is just a fine showcase of how gifted thunderfoot is. Those electronic crane sounds were awesome.

  • @williefleete
    @williefleete 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    this is far from cutting edge. It is ancient technology, remember how old clocks were powered? Big heavy weights!

    • @mandowarrior123
      @mandowarrior123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And ships were wind powered.

    • @GamingWithNikolas
      @GamingWithNikolas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh my God you're right. We're going backwards.

    • @DJduje
      @DJduje 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh my, I didn’t think about this. This is the coo coo clock of energy storage!

    • @KertaDrake
      @KertaDrake 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@GamingWithNikolas I can't wait for the campaign for storing energy by converting it into combustible hydrocarbons.

    • @markp8295
      @markp8295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This energy storage system is already in use. Old mine shafts and 50 tonnes weights.
      Height about 500m drop.
      But it's expensive and water is still better if you have the geography for it.

  • @TheSocius
    @TheSocius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Clearly, the solution is:
    Gravity storage with depleted uranium. High density, extremely cheap.

    • @juicynightplayer6620
      @juicynightplayer6620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How about a Nuclear ractor

    • @Shark-pi4oi
      @Shark-pi4oi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I Read there is a ton of old rusian submarine reactors in sibiria. Whould work as well :D

    • @Meanie010
      @Meanie010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Pumped hydro is old hat. Lets try pumped yellowcake slurry.

    • @Theinatoriinator
      @Theinatoriinator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Meanie010 WE could make even more energy, drops neutron emitting ball to bottom of pit

    • @FirstName-nf4fx
      @FirstName-nf4fx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It would never freeze!

  • @KeeBaud
    @KeeBaud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Wait, I can fix this. What if we put it underground to avoid the wind? And instead of lots of bricks, why don't we just use one big block?
    Wait, that might be too heavy to lift. Unless it's hollow! And we can fill it with water at the top!
    But where do we store the water once it's at the bottom...?
    I've got it! Put a reservoir at the top and pump the water into it.
    I think I'm on to something here.

    • @UncleKennysPlace
      @UncleKennysPlace 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It would probably be more efficient with one large block, but with many, there's a chance of storing "juice" from one source whilst doling it out to another.

    • @fbabdiver
      @fbabdiver 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      why not use pumps like the panama canal to lift the blocks, then use the weight of the blocks to make energy- like a car engine- alternately but with loss of energy of course.

    • @wilkinlow
      @wilkinlow 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao. Love it.

    • @Kaiwala
      @Kaiwala 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why aren't we using the energy needed to operate the cranes to instead just move wind turbines for free energy?

    • @someonesomewhere3817
      @someonesomewhere3817 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay okay, look someone already came up with this irl but here I go.
      Lets put it underground like Barry said and also make it one brick. Then what if we had the crane engine at ground and had several of them hooked to that one brick. How it operates it brings the brick up during surplus hours, storing potential energy. Lower it to get energy back...

  • @calimerohnir3311
    @calimerohnir3311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anton Petrov posted a news video on the energy vault. Apparently they finished building a prototype in Switzerland. Maybe Thunderfoot should post an update?

    • @calimerohnir3311
      @calimerohnir3311 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@balaurian83 then he should point it out

  • @misakamikoto8785
    @misakamikoto8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    A Thunderf00t video a day, keeps the scammers at bay.

    • @-caesarian-6078
      @-caesarian-6078 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Misaka Mikoto / I didn’t expect best girl to be watching Thunderf00t

    • @misakamikoto8785
      @misakamikoto8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@-caesarian-6078 After all Misaka come from A Certain Scientific Railgun :D I really love science/technology channels!

    • @rickjames5998
      @rickjames5998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      except the would be scammed continue to put their money on bs kick starters

    • @monoham1
      @monoham1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rickjames5998 bust upper is a scam!

    • @GlorifiedTruth
      @GlorifiedTruth 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@-caesarian-6078 I didn't expect any girl at all to be. But she'll probably be blocked before long.

  • @ffunit
    @ffunit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Imagine waking up one morning to see thunderfoot bustted your idea ...

  • @Maddin1313
    @Maddin1313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    A Swiss startup? Oof! Right in my pride as a Switzer.
    I shall call the police on them for being criminally stupid.

    • @TheTechiemoses
      @TheTechiemoses 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm not familiar with Swiss law. Can you really do that?

    • @Maddin1313
      @Maddin1313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      No, being stupid isn't something you can call the police for. But it's a bit of a stereotype that the Swiss will call the police over little things. Like if you hear the neighbor make some noise after 10pm.

    • @ichbinein123
      @ichbinein123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I know how you feel. Good thing it hasn't caught any mainstream press or government support.

    • @pepefrogstein845
      @pepefrogstein845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Maddin1313 Vazz?! Noize after zhen? Vhat kind of lunatic vould even do zuch a thing?

    • @Aanthanur
      @Aanthanur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheTechiemoses no, most people would be in jail otherwise :D

  • @babygremlins
    @babygremlins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Your point about the wind is good. This was one of the first thoughts that I had when looking at the design. Automated crane control would probably be able to overcome some of the effects of the wind, but there will definitely be a wind speed limit over which the battery will need to shut down. Not good : )

  • @paullawtable
    @paullawtable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Can't find your kickstarter page for HAND. Have you got a link?

    • @corngrohlio
      @corngrohlio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I can give you hand for free

    • @VH-eq2ci
      @VH-eq2ci 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤚

    • @paullawtable
      @paullawtable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@corngrohlio I have a wife for that but, thanks for the offer.

    • @joonaknuutinen5540
      @joonaknuutinen5540 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      what about the golden hammer?

  • @Maniac536
    @Maniac536 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    “It’s called...water” and that’s the Thunderf00t I remember

    • @thrifikionor7603
      @thrifikionor7603 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats actually one of his few times he got something wrong. Yes using water with pump storage to store energy is the best available method, BUT pump storage relies on very specific geographical situations and these arent around everywhere. You need access to lots of water, a height difference and ideally a pre existing lake of some mountain side valley. At least here in Germany we have a very big issue at finding spots for Pump storage. Or imagine a desert that could produce lots of renewable energy but without water or mountains couldnt build pump storage.

    • @mandowarrior123
      @mandowarrior123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wortuh*

  • @DemonicAkumi
    @DemonicAkumi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Energy Freakin' Vaults.
    It has a nice ring to it.

    • @derula
      @derula 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vacuum Energy Freakin' Hypervaults

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is this the next Fallout game...?

    • @tohopes
      @tohopes 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crowdfunding scams. Crowdfunding scams never changes.

  • @raymaharaj4502
    @raymaharaj4502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thunderf00t must have a heavy equipment ticket the way he operated that canned corn crane. Honestly though he really really knows how to make somebody feel dumb in style. Fucking excellent, definitely binge worthy content for sure.

  • @aflacduck2
    @aflacduck2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    So what happens during an earthquake? The biggest game of Jenga?

    • @wickedguppy3715
      @wickedguppy3715 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You build them in areas without earthquakes like Florida. Problem solved.

    • @aflacduck2
      @aflacduck2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wickedguppy3715 Until a hurricane comes :)

    • @ddjohnson9717
      @ddjohnson9717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wickedguppy3715Guppy of course! and since the concrete is waterproof, it will stand in the storm! /sarcasm

    • @grandetaco4416
      @grandetaco4416 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wickedguppy3715 They want to build them in windy areas, do you think they would have the brains not to build them in southern California?

    • @Thematic2177
      @Thematic2177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No. Their Special Super Software is desiged to prevent bad things from happening.

  • @Frankey2310
    @Frankey2310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    50% cheaper is an understatement - in fact, it's 100% cheaper to draw a cartoon brick than cast a real one. Plus, a cartoon brick doesn't need any rebar to withstand the tensile stress of being lifted by the top, like a real brick undoubtedly would.

    • @naverilllang
      @naverilllang 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually, the energy consumed to animate a brick using a computer is probably quite comparable, if not more, than it is to create a single brick. Depending of course on just how detailed the rendition is, and how long the animation lasts.

    • @vampiresRsolame
      @vampiresRsolame 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Last time I checked animators don't work for free...

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vampiresRsolame "We'll pay you with EXPOSURE!"
      (Meaning you die on a desert island.)

  • @thirdstagenavigator
    @thirdstagenavigator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Thunderf00t, where can I buy "Hand?” I’ll sell my soul for it!

    • @Voice_of_Rambol
      @Voice_of_Rambol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Enter the matrix and talk to the oracle, maybe you are the one

    • @MatrixExpress
      @MatrixExpress 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll sell you a foot ..

    • @derula
      @derula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Soul may be required to use Hand, but you do you

    • @letsbehonest4221
      @letsbehonest4221 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have hand for sale if yr interested
      .. send me money and i will send you hand

    • @MrJFlint1886
      @MrJFlint1886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It'll cost you arm and leg

  • @KnakuanaRka
    @KnakuanaRka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    My lord. If I had a nickel for every time Thundie said “water”, I could retire *and* fund technology ten times better than the scams he debunks.

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You mean "wooaaahtah"

    • @TheViolism
      @TheViolism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awksogyn

  • @odriew5014
    @odriew5014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Of course hands can stop bullets. They just need to not pull the trigger.

    • @MrClickbang357
      @MrClickbang357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Of course hands can stop bullets. They just have to be in their path!!!

    • @pauliexcluded1
      @pauliexcluded1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pretty sure hands (maybe plural) can stop my little .25 ACP...haha! I gotta bitch-pistol...

    • @myc0p
      @myc0p 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never too soon. If somebody can control these bullets..

    • @beniswenis9081
      @beniswenis9081 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      you just need enough hands

    • @Ch35h1r3C47
      @Ch35h1r3C47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *inhales*
      That's like... deep man
      *puffs out smoke*

  • @sdfkjllshadflhadfshl
    @sdfkjllshadflhadfshl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Having 'light weight roads' is very important to me.

    • @ser6Ijvolk
      @ser6Ijvolk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      For too long have roads been too heavy and unwieldy and led to places you don't want to go! With our light weight road technology, you can simply lift them and redirect them to your favorite destinations!

  • @bbkr2063
    @bbkr2063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Let's do a napkin math: Energy = mass * height * gravity constant. So 1000kg (1 ton) lifted up by 100m stores 1MJ of energy. Now we need this energy back. Power = energy / time. So if we drop this 1 ton block within 100 seconds we can get 10kW of power. Assuming perfect efficiency. That's... 5 electric hot pots. Or 3 electric ovens. This whole tower won't be able to power more than 5 houses at the same time. Awesome idea. Not.

    • @xnoreq
      @xnoreq 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can build hundreds of these towers though..

    • @Menelutorex
      @Menelutorex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@xnoreq for bilion $ xD

    • @iliketurtles4463
      @iliketurtles4463 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will develop a concept where the towers or individual blocks are the houses... a couple of times a day you will be able to come and go, if you are a moment late, you'll be sleeping in the neighboring block.
      I will mock up some animations now and sell the idea to them for I don't know, 100M dollars?

    • @iliketurtles4463
      @iliketurtles4463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For a premium I could even guarantee a top floor house and possibly include your own private mechanism to come and go as you please...

    • @bargu
      @bargu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Huge overlooked problem in my opinion, the energy output will be limited by how fast the crane can let the weight fall down, too fast you will destroy the entire system, unless you deaccelerate the blocks before they hit the ground, with will use a ton of energy, slow enough to not damage the system and that thing will have the power output of a small diesel generator. Such a bad idea in so many levels.

  • @umountable
    @umountable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    the problem is you cant build a waterstorage everywhere, thats why we are in desperate need of alternatives. In germany we could only store a fraction of our energy in pump water storages.

    • @BlokeOnAMotorbike
      @BlokeOnAMotorbike 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you can't build reservoirs?
      This is something the Romans had in the bag 2500 years ago. Hell, the Phonecians mastered pumped storage hundreds of years before that.

    • @umountable
      @umountable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@BlokeOnAMotorbike ? I didn't say you cant build them. i said you cant build them EVERYWHERE. You need sufficient height and volume to make the storage economically viable. Don't tell me some roman bullshit if you have no proper information about the topic.
      German Scientists in favor of Renewables state clearly that we will only be able to build a couple of more storage in the alps, that would be insufficient in total and a problem for northern germany.
      For Switzerland it will be obviously no problem to build enough storages.
      That does not mean that we do not have other readily available technologies to solve the battery problem, but pumpstorage is definitely not the complete solution. it is one of the backbone technologies, but not sufficient.
      Please do your research next time before ranting stuff that you have no knowledge about. its annoying

    • @umountable
      @umountable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@BlokeOnAMotorbike if you just follow Thunderfoots rant without thinking critically yourself, you are no bit better than solar freeking roadways.

    • @Stevengrzn18
      @Stevengrzn18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I understand the problem, but definitely this is not a solution, its just a waste of money and time.

    • @adolfhitlerwithinternetacc6259
      @adolfhitlerwithinternetacc6259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jim Moore trying to flex on Germans using an insult. 😂 chances are most of your tech came from a German

  • @garethevans9789
    @garethevans9789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    An unsecured tower of bricks, what could possibly go wrong...🙄
    Instead of messing around with cranes, they could just jack all the blocks up - that would increase the delta.
    Still utterly pointless, it would make more sense pump water to the tops of tall buildings and use that to drive small turbines. Hell, you could even use that to charge electric vehicles.

    • @joinedupjon
      @joinedupjon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be a hydraulic accumulator... which is an old idea (but one that worked tbh... even when the wind was blowing)

  • @Luciferkrist
    @Luciferkrist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Not to mention all that lateral movement is wasting SO much mechanical/electrical energy.

    • @timewalker6654
      @timewalker6654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that's what I was thinking about

    • @Blacktronics
      @Blacktronics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not really

    • @gordonlawrence4749
      @gordonlawrence4749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There is going to be some wasted energy in the steel cables to. More than you'd think. Plus how precisely do they think they can get electric motors to lift the blocks with all the switchgear to be better than 90% efficient? They would have to actually be better than 95% efficient to account for the other losses and that is not going to happen.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gordonlawrence4749 :
      I'm not sure about the cables. The cables would touch pullies and there would be loss of energy as noise and heat. There would be friction with air as well but I presume that it is a very small loss.
      The cable would be pulled by the weights. Think of them as long rubber bands. So, there would be some loss as heat there as well as they lift and put down a weight.

    • @gordonlawrence4749
      @gordonlawrence4749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@louistournas120I know cables on carriers get too hot to touch where they go round pulleys under load but that is partly internal friction etc. It would be interesting to find out if anyone has some numbers.

  • @Rementu
    @Rementu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The worst part of this scam is: It's a Swiss start up.
    I live in Switzerland, and we have a lot of water and a lot of mountains. Therefore, we have a lot of hydroelectric dams, and they are used to store a lot of power! I don't understand why someone in this country would ever try to store power like that!

    • @alecnolastname4362
      @alecnolastname4362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The same reason someone sets up a for profit charity
      For just a Dollar a Day you can give me 15Cents a Day *Insert Sad Music and Injured Animals/Starving Children*

    • @InuKun2008
      @InuKun2008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alecnolastname4362 Much like the Red Cross as well, who take over 80% of one's donation following a disaster, and keep it as overhead for various expenses (paying staff, logistics, advertising, etc).

    • @annarboriter
      @annarboriter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At least, a Swiss noticed the same as I did.

  • @999benhonda
    @999benhonda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    we do need options beyond pump storage...as it isn't viable in most locations, since you need a elevation change and a water source. Many places don't have the abrupt elevation change needed.

    • @obsoleteoptics
      @obsoleteoptics 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what compressed air storage is for.

    • @maximilianniedernhauser1950
      @maximilianniedernhauser1950 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@obsoleteoptics and that is inefficient as f#ck
      we need better solutions for energystorage in flat locations which are efficient

  • @exxelsetijadi5348
    @exxelsetijadi5348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    9:31
    Local scientist goes insane after excessive debunking

  • @DasShaten
    @DasShaten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The hallmark of virtually all pseudo scientific scams is the computer generated animation.
    should be on a t-shirt

  • @SoberGin
    @SoberGin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "It works when it's windy, it works when it's wet,"
    Uh yeah I hope it would work when wet.

    • @HellDuke-
      @HellDuke- 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about working when it's dry?

  • @Exkhaniber
    @Exkhaniber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Coming back to this video almost a year later, I have a new appreciation for the tidbits about the Yamato. Thanks entirely to Drachinifel here on TH-cam. He has videos on "Operation Ten-go", which was the last voyage of the Yamato that Thunderf00t referenced at the end. And "The battle of Samar - Odds, what are those?", which addresses the battle where the "plucky" destroyers fend off the Yamato and the Japanese attacking fleet. Incredibly good content.

    • @highmolecularweightRDX
      @highmolecularweightRDX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Although Yamato fulfilled her purpose perfectly, contrary to what thunderf00t said, which was to draw American firepower and allow the rest of the fleet to fight back. Almost a dozen carriers were used to sink her, time spent not bombing Okinawa. The problem was the Americans had both more ships than the Japanese navy had planes and more firebombs than the Japanese civilians had homes.

  • @ThenitetimeGamer
    @ThenitetimeGamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That couldn't be a model of the Yamato, it didn't have a "Wave Motion Gun" in the bow of the ship.

    • @earnestbrown6524
      @earnestbrown6524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It may have not done much in WW2, but it kicked alien butt.

    • @bf945
      @bf945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are confusing wet navy with space navy.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@earnestbrown6524 The USS Missouri did both.

  • @notyourpersonsperson1380
    @notyourpersonsperson1380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Efficiency is for losers tbh. We should replace all our modern energy generation equipment with hit and miss engines, and beam engines.

    • @bdf2718
      @bdf2718 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hero's steam engine FTW!

    • @martingrundy5475
      @martingrundy5475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fuck it, go all the way back to the atmospheric steam engines of Thomas Newcomen. Some of them that James Watt improved were breaking one percent efficient, dont'cha know.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlexBarbu Think about what an oil pump jack is. That comes close to a beam engine. Although NASA has used a LASER beam engine in testing which is an all together different story.

  • @stylesrj
    @stylesrj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hand? That sounds like something only Americans need...
    Over here in Australia, we got the Emu. Much more effective than Hand.

  • @spiamistocazzo9113
    @spiamistocazzo9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Now im curious tho: what do you think about the big cube buolding from the same company (EVX? EV1?), which is the same stuff but
    - closed (a building)
    - maybe underground
    - with no cranes but rails and gantry carriages?
    I mean it sucks, but imho SOLID gravity storage (not like this, but somehow) is very much part of the way forward.
    Also, what are your toughts on the damage of pumped hydro? You dont just "build a dam everywhere", it displaces people, might create landslides and the world is full of diasters created by hydro (hydro or pumped hydro nvm, by artificial lakes)

    • @rustycherkas8229
      @rustycherkas8229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I saw something about this not long ago... The 'building' is a latticework of steel and not 100m tall. Since the low height differential removes storage capacity, the blocks will need to be shifted laterally so far as to chew through even more energy (reducing efficiency). And, one has to ask why no one thinks to build a steel lacework structure capable of supporting a battleship 30m off the ground.

  • @peterwright5311
    @peterwright5311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Another great idea from the people who brought you solar freakin' roadways.

  • @qi7ni
    @qi7ni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    this would not be very effective at storing energy since it needs to lift the crane again before it can drop another "brick".

  • @MatuschkaRossija
    @MatuschkaRossija 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    People in Germany are fighting against wind turbines in their neighbourhood's, because they destroy the view on the landscape.
    I think if you would build something like this in their neighbourhood, they would freaking out.

    • @borstenpinsel
      @borstenpinsel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just build it in the "pott" l, light it up colourfully at night and call it industrial art. Then people will love it...

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@borstenpinsel Even artsy fartsy freaks like me have our limits!

    • @michaelmoorrees3585
      @michaelmoorrees3585 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I live in Tehachapi. They ARE in my neighborhood ! If they kill more ravens, that would be a good thing.

    • @needthistool
      @needthistool 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NIMBYs gonna nim

  • @vusalqasmov318
    @vusalqasmov318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One problem I see with pumped storage is that there has to be correct terrain for you to make such thing. Correct terrain meaning 2 lakes one down one up and possibility of building a station. Some countries do have such terrains some don't. Also, it is cost efficient at only that scales. Not in lower scales. Yeah the animation and whatever crane described there is bullshit, but, concept of using solid objects' potential energy for storage for lower amounts of power and in terrains not suitable for pumped storage seems somewhat sound. Also, you can lower the price of "bricks" with putting gravel which is 20 dollar per cubic meter. That would make it about 2 million. I remember train energy storage system. Maybe, that could be used

  • @TheSchranzschranz
    @TheSchranzschranz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Well, Lego technic plus Arduino and YOU can own one yourself for just 999,999.99 call NOW

  • @Koldatt
    @Koldatt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    You make TV seem boring.
    Gold!

    • @martingrundy5475
      @martingrundy5475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No he doesn't. He doesn't need to. It IS boring. Fucking tedious, banal, vapid and often idiotic.
      I can't imagine anyone wanting one. Unless maybe if they were big on sports.

    • @ocloud7389
      @ocloud7389 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martingrundy5475 hulu has some pretty good shows

  • @impmeister1
    @impmeister1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Looking at the thumbnail, I thought it was some weird device with an antenna to collect the magnetic field of the Earth and store that energy.
    Oh boy... It's worse then that...

    • @Abyss-Will
      @Abyss-Will 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought it was to store energy from lightning

    • @Foreststrike
      @Foreststrike 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Abyss-Will Y'know, actually storing energy from lightning (Or hell, even heat lightning) wouldn't be a bad idea compared to this waste of informational space.
      At least we could perchance, develop tesla generators from the research of capturing lightning bolts as pure electrical energy in a high capacity battery.

    • @Abyss-Will
      @Abyss-Will 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Foreststrike well that bricks tower is just stupid, but we currently dont have a way to capture such huge amounts of energy in a fraction of a second but if we could find a way to do it it would be usefull

  • @ohauss
    @ohauss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your suggestion that pump water systems are competing misses that pump water systems are only possible where you have - and can spare - substantial amounts of water. Pretty much the last thing you want in drought-ridden areas is to have large amounts of water you can't touch because the lights go out otherwise. We're going to see substantially increasing unequal distribution of water across the planet (and substantially stronger seasonal variations), so alternative ways to store energy are not per se nonsense.

  • @cjeam9199
    @cjeam9199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This one is a bit unfair. This isn’t pseudoscience, like you said it’s a well proven technology, with some overly optimistic marketing numbers.
    I’m sure the alternatives they’re comparing it to are the gravity batteries using weights that have been tried in mineshafts.
    In addition, a response time of 2.9s is a very useful feature for any storage system to have. Electric grids all want rapidly responding storage to respond quickly to any problems and prevent a blackout. You know this, it’s worth acknowledging. Pumped hydro takes full minutes to get going. There’s a limited amount of geography suitable for pumped hydro, this can go anywhere it isn’t too windy.

  • @Bro_s22
    @Bro_s22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    your own proof experiment with the cans had me dying 😂

    • @craigmeistertenten
      @craigmeistertenten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same here. Complete with sound effects and everything.

    • @ericklalande3280
      @ericklalande3280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Waaaaaaaa pffffff waaaaaaaaaaa pffffff😂😂

  • @petervansan1054
    @petervansan1054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    you just wanted to show off your ships, didn't you? ;)

  • @entguy1
    @entguy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    LOL the robot crane sounds you made during your version of the study

  • @smokeybear9180
    @smokeybear9180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I've got it ! Giant Hamsters as the power source running in Giant Hamster Wheels ! 😅

  • @PsychoMan6666
    @PsychoMan6666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I've been using "hand" every single day and i'm very satisfied ;)
    it's not stopping any bullets though... :(

    • @thegenerousdegenerate9395
      @thegenerousdegenerate9395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I betcha its shooting just fine though. 😝

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My hand is working fine...
      But God am I lonely.

    • @specialed6357
      @specialed6357 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good, cause bullet lives matter! How dare hand try to stop them.

    • @SD-tj5dh
      @SD-tj5dh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stopping babies more than bullets

    • @ravencole2740
      @ravencole2740 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tissue manufacturers love Hand.

  • @Obi-WanKannabis
    @Obi-WanKannabis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Someone looked at a dam and thought: How can I make this insanely more expensive, prone to failure and much less efficient? Oh yea, I shall make a self building concrete tower

  • @fazergazer
    @fazergazer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    At least Two good things to come from this video:
    1-understanding large scale energy storage. Arguably we need more of this scientific skepticism now more than ever, and...
    2-and my personal favorite: a link to a model the Yamato super destroyer!
    Why not take a full scale model of the destroyer and hoist it up and down? Wait...I’ll bet the “inventors” are going to reinvent that idea too! Wait, PopeOcelot beat them to it. PopeOcelot better take out a design copyright at the very least.
    Seriously keep up the good work! I really enjoyed this one!

  • @azarov3908
    @azarov3908 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Thunderf00t: That's a nice kickstarter you got there, be a shame if I made a video about it

  • @arthurarruda49
    @arthurarruda49 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    hey thunder foot could you make a video about thorium/ molten salt nuclear generator ??
    that is a very interesting topic

    • @1nf0calypse
      @1nf0calypse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But that would be actually feasible...

    • @Ammonium-ow6pd
      @Ammonium-ow6pd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@1nf0calypse Could*. There's a very important difference between would and could

    • @TheGargalon
      @TheGargalon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      conspiracies, governments, nuclear weapons, thorium conventions, DVDs, upcoming research
      as feasible as solar roadways

    • @franconnorton7087
      @franconnorton7087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is a Thorium reactor feasible or not? I know the car is stupid but I was under the impression they had a working reactor in the fifties but chose uranium for bombs. Is this true?

    • @ericpode6095
      @ericpode6095 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@franconnorton7087 last I heard the Chinese were building a prototype reactor. Seems to have gone very quite though.

  • @palebluedot7435
    @palebluedot7435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ok youve sold me the idea
    Thunderfoot gravity storage

  • @robertweekes5783
    @robertweekes5783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Much easier energy storage is heat, like molten salt storage for solar thermal. It’s already being implemented, and the salt heat storage can be concentrated in a small volume - only limited by the boiling point under pressure.
    Better yet - use the molten salt to transfer heat and turn an electric power generator, see “LFTR’s in 5 minutes” - *thorium*

  • @ThePdeHav
    @ThePdeHav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Also, with a structure that tall, high winds can set up a standing wave in the crane.

  • @donwald3436
    @donwald3436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Does the “proof of concept” even store energy? I bet it’s externally powered,

    • @vr4k497
      @vr4k497 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_braking

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well yes, the real thing would be externally powered as well. By the windmills and solar panels.

    • @Thematic2177
      @Thematic2177 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course it's externally powered. That's the idea of energy STORAGE.

    • @donwald3436
      @donwald3436 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      During discharge, you dumbfucks.

  • @mirokefurt4740
    @mirokefurt4740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    PS: The Green Power actually is generated by the Green Pyramids, so no problem there....... !

  • @Pyrolonn
    @Pyrolonn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I actually found it interesting as a thought experiment in what NOT to do for energy storage. Reminds me of a Berenstain Bears kid's book about Papa Bear doing everything wrong when camping, like instead of pitching a tent before night fall, just go and find a cave.

  • @Krawurxus
    @Krawurxus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'll give 'em this: The crane idea looks way cooler than pump storage.

    • @matthewtalbot-paine7977
      @matthewtalbot-paine7977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well that's the idea make it shiny and everyone gives you their money.

    • @Maia_Cyclist
      @Maia_Cyclist 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont feed the trolls

  • @specialed6357
    @specialed6357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    6:20 "addressing a problem that's been solved decades ago." Back in my day we just called it reinventing the wheel.

  • @TryHardCentral
    @TryHardCentral 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Watching Thunderfoot as a crane is the best thing I've ever seen.

  • @MrSinaAzad
    @MrSinaAzad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    120 meters of blocks will surely stay on top of each other with the wind blowing at them... surely!