Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down113
arrow-up1454arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoSolar farms did start out as using the sun to boil water. Basically mirrors redirecting light to a central point to super-heat a pipe flowing with water.
minus-squareburgersc12@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoTheres actually been a major increase in solar thermal power stations in the last few years
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh so that’s what that big central tower in New Vegas was. I never put two and two together.
Solar farms did start out as using the sun to boil water. Basically mirrors redirecting light to a central point to super-heat a pipe flowing with water.
Theres actually been a major increase in solar thermal power stations in the last few years
Oh so that’s what that big central tower in New Vegas was. I never put two and two together.