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j4yc33@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• bort@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  except for solar and wind, i guess. also the thingy where you catch electrons directly from nuclear decay.

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  • j4yc33@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There are also some chemical modes of electricity generation (Alkalai batteries, etc). Also using flowing water to move Turbines like dams.

    But then the meme isn’t as fun here, and those are such a small minority of how we generate powers.

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    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Even then all of them but solar are just spinning a wheel.

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And even then some solar works by boiling salt… Or water.

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      • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        spinning a wheel.

        So hamster power?

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    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You could maybe catch lightning and store it. That’s not boiling water … what’s that? It is boiling water?

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      • bort@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised, it it turns out, when the most efficient way to turn lightning into electricity, was to redirect it into a boiler, instead of harvesting it directly

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  • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Seebeck generators

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  • BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hydro as well.

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  • Jyek@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some types of solar are also just boiling water. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_tower

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