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KSteffensen on Aug 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Old salt mine is the first emission-free compresse...

Yes, apparently that has been done.

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/05/history-and-future-o...

mleonhard on Aug 20, 2020 [–]

Thanks for sharing that article.

I think the most promising application of distributed compressed air is in refrigeration, especially if the power source is not an adiabatic process.

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