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aspiretoreality

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aspiretoreality··on Ask HN: Is gravity a renewable energy source
Thanks for your sharing. Perhaps in the future once gravity is better understood, we will know if it can be depleted.

I imagine 200 years ago nobody worried overly much about burning coal or later, kerosene etc. The atmosphere is a pretty huge volume and besides, the rain cleans the air. ... one can imagine sentiments like that being directed at anyone complaining about air pollution.

aspiretoreality··on Ask HN: Is gravity a renewable energy source
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aspiretoreality··on Ask HN: Is gravity a renewable energy source
Hmm... for example, the scheme of solar or tidal energy to move water uphill, then grab hydroelectricity? is an example of storing gravity? is that a valid characterization?

And yes, you immediately got the worry; that accessing gravity would at scale over a few hundred years, be a danger.