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[–] [email protected] 133 points 1 day ago (30 children)

So a nucler reactor is just a kettle with an extra spicy heating element?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Most power generation is just steam spinning turbines. Solar’s just weird. Wind cuts out the steam loop.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What about hydro electric? It uses cold steam

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Ooh, cold steam burns are the worst!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reflective solar is normal at least. But photovoltaics are weird. Even weirder is that they’re LEDs backwards, and the fact that transistors just are like that is why they’re encased in black plastic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Unless you WANT your transistor to be this way and use it so you put an actual led inside the plastic as well to mess with (i.e. turn on and off) the transistor!

Also I would argue that wind could also be considered 'steam' turning a turbine. It's just vapour pressure 'steam' with a LOT of other pollutants which somehow increase the efficiency!

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