We have! Thermoelectric generators that make electricity directly from heat exist, they’re just often not very good compared to the spinny wheel.
We even use them to make nuclear reactors with no moving parts, which I think is really neat. They’re used in places where maintenance or refueling is difficult or impossible, like space probes.
Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
How about “use air to turn a generator”? Now that’s original. Or photovoltaics, I guess.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So I’ve tried starting a perpetual windmill and it made money on only fans but it turned out the be an electrical loss overall… Had to abandon that attempt, back to the drawling board, I think I messed up somewhere.
lugal@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You know that windmills are kind of the opposite of fans? Try “only windmills” instead and it’s not a
:.|:;anymoreLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So I reversed the windmill to a helicopter, more views, still an overall electrical loss. Thanks for trying though. I might not be the best person for this job