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Except, in this case, the bottle is a layer of porous rocks deep within the sea bed, and the energy comes from compressed air.
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Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
The researchers unveiled the details behind the plan, dubbed porous media compressed air energy storage (PM-CAES), in a Nature Energy paper this week.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
Huffing compressed air can cause a brief high with dangerous side effects including paralysis, according to the American Addiction Centers.
—Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News (tns), al, 8 Nov. 2022
The air guns then fire compressed air that creates sound pulses that reverberate off the sea floor and provide subsurface images.
—Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
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Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
The researchers unveiled the details behind the plan, dubbed porous media compressed air energy storage (PM-CAES), in a Nature Energy paper this week.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
Huffing compressed air can cause a brief high with dangerous side effects including paralysis, according to the American Addiction Centers.
—Peter Sblendorio New York Daily News (tns), al, 8 Nov. 2022
The air guns then fire compressed air that creates sound pulses that reverberate off the sea floor and provide subsurface images.
—Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
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compressed air
noun
com·pressed air
kəm-ˌprest-ˈa(ə)r, käm-, -ˈe(ə)r 
: air under pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
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