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minus-squareJakenVeina@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours agoI dunno if “power plant” quite fits for solar and wind. Definitely for Hydro, though.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 hours ago“Power Plant” won’t be a fitting term until we can generate electricity (at a viable scale) from chloroplasts. And wouldn’t that just be solar with extra steps?
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoEven better if you can use it to power a humanoid robot for a real world plant golem.
minus-squaredublet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours ago I dunno if “power plant” quite fits for solar and wind Why not? The First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy Cannot Be Created or Destroyed Fossil fuel power plants merely convert chemical energy into another type.
minus-squareJakenVeina@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoJust that “power plant” I think most people associate with large enclosed facilities that house power generating equipment, which doesn’t quite describe wind and solar farms. Hence that most people refer to them as “farms”.
I dunno if “power plant” quite fits for solar and wind. Definitely for Hydro, though.
“Power Plant” won’t be a fitting term until we can generate electricity (at a viable scale) from chloroplasts.
And wouldn’t that just be solar with extra steps?
Even better if you can use it to power a humanoid robot for a real world plant golem.
Why not?
The First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy Cannot Be Created or Destroyed
Fossil fuel power plants merely convert chemical energy into another type.
Just that “power plant” I think most people associate with large enclosed facilities that house power generating equipment, which doesn’t quite describe wind and solar farms. Hence that most people refer to them as “farms”.
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