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FoxtrotDeltaTango sh.itjust.works FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
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Something something turbine something electricity something.

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Franconian_Nomad feddit.org Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-09-27
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No, hamster wheel.

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MutantTailThing lemmy.world MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-23
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Haha turbine go brr

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saltnotsugar lemmy.world saltnotsugar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Bro just plug your phone into the uranium rod directly. Checkmate power company.

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Jiral lemmy.org Jiral@lemmy.org
Joined: 2026-03-07
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far_university1990 reddthat.com far_university1990@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-08-15
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Boil water to rurn turbine is most energy generate. Wind is spin "turbine", hydro is spin turbine. Only photo is different.

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far_university1990 reddthat.com far_university1990@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-08-15
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No, hamster wheel.

Still only spin generator like all other except photo.

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Deconceptualist leminal.space Deconceptualist@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-06-29
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I know it's a comic but I'm tired of this. The high heat capacity and abundance of water make it excellent for energy transfer. But it's not the source of energy. The source is what distinguishes different types of generators, not the engineering logistics of transfer.

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MeatPilot sh.itjust.works MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-10-27
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Dyson sphere or Penrose process

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🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸 sh.itjust.works Flower@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-04-29
#11 · Quote Reply

You can try supercritical CO2 now if you don't like water.

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birdwing lemmy.blahaj.zone birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-08-19
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look into reactor
it's boiling water

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Tehdastehdas piefed.social Tehdastehdas@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-10
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Back when electric cars were uncool, BMW tried adding a little bit of steam to their cars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosteamer

Anything to avoid giving up the toxic unreliable rube-goldbergian fossil-fueled mess, anything but the beautiful simplicity of electricity.

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gravitas_deficiency sh.itjust.works gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-20
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You can try supercritical CO2 now if you don't like water.

But supercritical CO2 is just CO2 you tricked into acting kinda like water sometimes

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

Back when electric cars were uncool, BMW tried adding a little bit of steam to their cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosteamer Anything to avoid giving up the toxic unreliable rube-goldbergian fossil-fueled mess, anything but the beautiful simplicity of electricity.

YOU JUST GAVE ME THE BEST WORST IDEA

what if we built a teensy helios 1 on top of a car to boil water while driving. like a mr fusion. we could have espresso!

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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Bro just plug your phone into the uranium rod directly. Checkmate power company.

how's my phone gonna get all the way up my butthole though

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mkwt lemmy.world mkwt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
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Back when electric cars were uncool, BMW tried adding a little bit of steam to their cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosteamer Anything to avoid giving up the toxic unreliable rube-goldbergian fossil-fueled mess, anything but the beautiful simplicity of electricity.

Okay. But did it have one of those steam whistles, like on the old railroad? I feel like it would have done better on the market with a nice choo choo.

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