How has it been missed?

Our energy storage system is rooted in a principle that, while grounded in fundamental physics, introduces a nuanced approach to gravitational potential energy. At its core, our system re imagines how we harness the power of gravity and leverage.

Traditionally, when we think of an object's potential energy due to gravity, we consider its height and mass. The formula is straightforward: the higher you lift an object, the more energy you can retrieve from it when it falls. However, our system introduces a leveraged approach, maximizing the distance an object travels during its descent, thereby extracting more work from the same potential energy.

Imagine a seesaw. On one end, you have a weight that's lifted off the ground. When released, instead of just falling straight down, it travels along the arc of the seesaw's arm. This arc, or leveraged path, is longer than the straight vertical drop. As a result, the weight does more work over this increased distance, generating more rotational torque than if it merely fell straight down.

This principle is the heart of our system. By leveraging the descent of our rail cars along a mast's arc, we harness more energy than traditional gravity-based systems. It's a subtle shift in understanding, but it has profound implications for the efficiency and potential of our energy storage solution.

In essence, we've taken a foundational concept in physics and added a twist, quite literally, to create a more efficient and scalable energy storage system.