Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down112
arrow-up1397arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months 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-29 months agoTheres actually been a major increase in solar thermal power stations in the last few years
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months 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.