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minus-square@RedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•1 year agoAlmost all power source that generate electricity are fancy steam engines.
minus-square@Yondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 year agoHydro, wind, solar, and wave/tide energy capture are not. The crazy part is photovoltaics are the only power source that doesn’t spin something to make electricity. Truly an outlier.
minus-square@vaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink0•1 year ago solar Except the ones that are. (Concentrated solar power)
minus-squareSchadrachlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago…and the fancy steam engine version of solar is probably greener to build that photovoltaics, since it’s basically just a boiler and some mirrors.
Almost all power source that generate electricity are fancy steam engines.
Wait, it’s all steam engines?
Hydro, wind, solar, and wave/tide energy capture are not.
The crazy part is photovoltaics are the only power source that doesn’t spin something to make electricity. Truly an outlier.
Except the ones that are. (Concentrated solar power)
…and the fancy steam engine version of solar is probably greener to build that photovoltaics, since it’s basically just a boiler and some mirrors.