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> Onion headlines aside Well technically speaking crude oil is a form of solar energy. (Sun -> plants -> animals -> crude oil)
by dyzone 2mo ago
> Onion headlines aside
Well technically speaking crude oil is a form of solar energy. (Sun -> plants -> animals -> crude oil)
- MikeNotThePope 2mo agoWhat energy sources do we have that don't ultimately derive from either solar of radioactive decay? Residual heat from object formation perhaps.
- ben_w 2mo ago> solar of radioactive decay We can do fusion, but given the only large sources of that are fusion bombs and nobody wants a bomb-based power plant… :P
- anabab 2mo ago> nobody [citation needed]. Project Pacer might be controversial and uneconomical, but still interesting.
- ben_w 2mo agoOK, not *literally* nobody at the human level, just *metaphorically* nobody at the human level (or literally at the level of nations) given that even normal boring fission plants make voters stick their tongues out and complain.
- _joel 2mo agoGravity, just ask Jupiters' Moons.
- stingraycharles 2mo agoSo tidal power, basically?
- x______________ 2mo agoIsn't solar derived from nuclear fusion? Nukes for the win!