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They might work in the same way that rowing oars work (carbon fibre tubes), flex and effectively store a little extra energy from the power phase of the stroke, and then release it on the recovery when you ease off - balancing out the power curve.
But I seriously doubt that aluminium would flex like that, and even if it did, if the stored energy would unlikely counter the extra weight