Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down113
arrow-up1381arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoOur entire society* has been based on burning things. Then we progressed to… burning atoms. (*Exceptions I can think of is solar, wind, hydro.)
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoThen we’re leaching off the sun burning atoms.
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minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoSolar farms did start out as using the sun to boil water. Basically mirrors redirecting light to a central point to super-heat a pipe flowing with water.
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoTheres actually been a major increase in solar thermal power stations in the last few years
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOh so that’s what that big central tower in New Vegas was. I never put two and two together.
minus-squareFederatedSaint@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoWind and hydro still have to spin a turbine. Solar is the one true stand out advancement in electricity production since we started using electricity.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThey spin it directly though, not via steam.
Our entire society* has been based on burning things. Then we progressed to… burning atoms.
(*Exceptions I can think of is solar, wind, hydro.)
Then we’re leaching off the sun burning atoms.
Ohhhhh!
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Solar farms did start out as using the sun to boil water. Basically mirrors redirecting light to a central point to super-heat a pipe flowing with water.
Theres actually been a major increase in solar thermal power stations in the last few years
Oh so that’s what that big central tower in New Vegas was. I never put two and two together.
Wind and hydro still have to spin a turbine. Solar is the one true stand out advancement in electricity production since we started using electricity.
They spin it directly though, not via steam.