Comment on Science is iterative

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Depends on the type of solar panel. PV, no. Otherwise, yes.

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• oxideseven@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Solar, wind, tidal, RTG, DEC fusion are all options without steam

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Does hydropower count as cold steam?

    Well I guess all wind power is also steam at a very low concentration heated by a fusion reaction.

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    • fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the steam part is in the rest of hydrological cycle

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    • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hydropower gets its energy from evaporated water rising to the big steam in the sky.

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wind and tidal is still just turbines.

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    • DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah. One uses the passage of a gas over rotating blades. The other uses water as it flows.

      Neither use the passage of gaseous water, so theyre totally different!

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      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We never moved away from windmills basically. Only solar is completely different, besides niche impractical things like piezo crystals

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• fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  technically pv panels are also heat engines. this is why they need cooling

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