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Solar is just nuclear with extra steps.

by shmde 3y ago

h4kor 3y ago
Or: fusion reactors are just solar power with extra steps
- dirkc 3y ago
  Doesn't both nuclear (fission) and fusion mainly generate heat that is used to make steam to spin a turbine? I'd say solar skips a few steps rather than adding extras
  - Brometheus 3y ago
    Indeed
NeoTar 3y ago
Fossil fuels are just Solar with extra steps.
timthelion 3y ago
I like to run client code in a VM and my nuclear reactions several light minutes away. It's just basic hygiene...
- pauletienney 3y ago
  Well, you both twisted my brain and made me laugh with this one. Thank you, good sir.
flgb 3y ago
Extra steps? Not sure about that. Solar farms are definitely much, much simpler .. thousands or even millions of perfectly uniform panels manufactured in a factory, some wiring and power electronics and some electrical infrastructure to connect to the grid. Projects are delivered in months, and almost all within 1% of project budget. Nuclear power plants consist of probably tens of thousands of different components: a reactor (containing a reactor core, fuel rods, control rods, moderator, and coolant), a turbine, a generator, a containment building, a cooling system, pumps, valves, and piping, a control system, a safety system, and a waste disposal system, along with all the same electrical infrastructure to connect to the grid. Projects take years to decades and invariably delivered multiples over budget.
- kreetx 3y ago
  The parent might have meant that nuclear processes in the sun generate the light that we catch here and turn into electricity. The downside of nuclear is that more could go wrong when building, while deploying solar panels doesn't have any risks and the permission (if any) is easy to get.
  - Turing_Machine 3y ago
    > deploying solar panels doesn't have any risks Fabbing hundreds of thousands of hectares of semiconductor is going to be far from risk-free or environmentally benign. Also, residential solar installations have killed and injured many more people than nuclear power plants ever have. It turns out that climbing on roofs is dangerous.
TheGigaChad 3y ago
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henearkr 3y ago
Nuclear fusion with extra steps. Not at all the same nuclear.

Solar is just nuclear with extra steps.

by shmde 3y ago

Solar is just nuclear with extra steps.

h4kor 3y ago

Or: fusion reactors are just solar power with extra steps

dirkc 3y ago
Doesn't both nuclear (fission) and fusion mainly generate heat that is used to make steam to spin a turbine? I'd say solar skips a few steps rather than adding extras
- Brometheus 3y ago
  Indeed

NeoTar 3y ago

Fossil fuels are just Solar with extra steps.

timthelion 3y ago

I like to run client code in a VM and my nuclear reactions several light minutes away. It's just basic hygiene...

pauletienney 3y ago
Well, you both twisted my brain and made me laugh with this one. Thank you, good sir.

flgb 3y ago

Extra steps? Not sure about that. Solar farms are definitely much, much simpler .. thousands or even millions of perfectly uniform panels manufactured in a factory, some wiring and power electronics and some electrical infrastructure to connect to the grid. Projects are delivered in months, and almost all within 1% of project budget. Nuclear power plants consist of probably tens of thousands of different components: a reactor (containing a reactor core, fuel rods, control rods, moderator, and coolant), a turbine, a generator, a containment building, a cooling system, pumps, valves, and piping, a control system, a safety system, and a waste disposal system, along with all the same electrical infrastructure to connect to the grid. Projects take years to decades and invariably delivered multiples over budget.

kreetx 3y ago
The parent might have meant that nuclear processes in the sun generate the light that we catch here and turn into electricity. The downside of nuclear is that more could go wrong when building, while deploying solar panels doesn't have any risks and the permission (if any) is easy to get.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago
  > deploying solar panels doesn't have any risks Fabbing hundreds of thousands of hectares of semiconductor is going to be far from risk-free or environmentally benign. Also, residential solar installations have killed and injured many more people than nuclear power plants ever have. It turns out that climbing on roofs is dangerous.

TheGigaChad 3y ago

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henearkr 3y ago

Nuclear fusion with extra steps. Not at all the same nuclear.