• wia@lemmy.ca
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      Solar, wind, tidal, RTG, DEC fusion are all options without steam

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        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.

        • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
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          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!

          /s

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

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      In a way. The energy is, in part, used to cook my food which creates an proton gradient across the inner membrane of my mitochondria which then forces those protons through a turbine.

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        this is so stupid we should just bioengineer injectable chloroplasts for our skin and power ourselves directly with the sun

        (yes i am currently hungry but don’t feel like cooking how can you tell?)

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          I WISH

          Mitochondria + Chloroplast and accompanying UV damage repair systems would be poggers.

          Imagine being able to take a nap and snack at the same time. Totally plant coded and root pilled.

        • emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Sure, imagine if everyone who has a vitamin D deficiency was now also chronically malnourished as well. In order for your plan to work, people have to be willing to go outside and spend time in the sun…