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In a way hydro, solar and wind put us past this hurdle. I guess they’re coming!
by killingtime74 4y ago
In a way hydro, solar and wind put us past this hurdle. I guess they’re coming!
- cbozeman 4y agoHydro is just a steam engine at non-steam temperatures.
- computerfriend 4y agoAnd wind is just a steam engine with less steam.
- ksaxena 4y agoAnd Solar is just a steam engine with less steam, and less engine.
- eptcyka 4y agoNo, hydro is mostly solar - the water wouldn't be flowing downwards to the sea if it wasn't for weather caused by the sun. Solar isn't less steam and less engine, it's literally just solar, whereas everything else but geothermal and nuclear is solar with more steps. Natural gas and oil is just solar stored in paleo compost.
- johnchristopher 4y agoIsn't hydro more like gravity ?
- baq 4y agoYeah it’s useful to have gravity on your side if your steam is liquid.
- snovv_crash 4y agoHydro just uses gravity to make the pressure for the turbine instead of heat + phase change.
- gricardo99 4y agosolar is the only one that doesn’t spin a magnet next to copper wires
- progre 4y agoIt could if we would let it.
- checkyoursudo 4y agoThere's nothing wrong with spinning magnets.
- kbar13 4y agoi could totally see solar simply being an array of mirrors to point sunlight at some water to heat it up so the steam turns a turbine
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