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		Workaccount2 on July 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superc... Superconductors are a transferring energy technology, not a storing energy technology. Although they would likely augment the efficiency of storage technologies.

bilsbie on July 25, 2023 | [–]

Actually both https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnetic_ene...

sudosysgen on July 25, 2023 | [–]

They can be used to store energy, though they're pretty terrible at it for all but specialized applications.

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