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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (43 children)

Solar photovoltaic is the only one i can think of that isn't just a fancy way to make steam

EDIT

ok let's clarify to say a method that isn't related to movement of a fluid that spins a turbine. So not windmills (air is a fluid), not hydro, not geothermal, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I guess aeolic energy also doesn't use steam (unless we count the air humidity), but still involves turning a turbine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Excuse my blatant ignorance, but what is aeolic energy? I've never heard about it before.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Garlic power.

Nah, just a non-traditional way of saying wind generators like turbines.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Apparently it's the fancy word for wind power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

or just french

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

French words are the fancy words in English. French was the language of the upper classes for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

What a dissapointment.

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