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minus-square@Yondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 month 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 month ago solar Except the ones that are. (Concentrated solar power)
minus-squareSchadrachlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month 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.
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.