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All of humanities technological advancements can be summed up in ever more complex ways to boil water

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That’s why photovoltaics need much more R&D. They are the only true advancement in electricity production since the inception of broadly adopted electrification.

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Exactly why we should ditch them. We shall not break tradition. Praise be the turbine

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Hollowed be thy pipes

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It doesn’t rotate to generate electricity? Must be blasphemy.

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Blessed be the holy turbine, we seek guidance in its rotation. Long may it spin and bring forth a bounteous current.

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6 points

Also fuel cells.

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Hey we burn things just for heat too.

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23 points

Yeah, heat to boil water

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We heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.

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10 points

I think to be more general it boils down to just oxidate stuff.

/pun intended

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Boil shit, burn shit, and blow shit up. Humans in a nut shell.

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That’s all “burn shit”.

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Most of the biggest advances in technology is just about moving liquids. Rocket science is really just large scale HVAC.

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Oh boy just wait till you hear how fossil fuels work

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That’s just steam power with extra steps!

I’ve got bad news for ya bruv

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32 points

Wait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity

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You mean, how it will in 20 years?

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Perpetually so

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It’s like Musk time. In 20 years it’ll only be 20 years away.

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Helion’s approach is actually different. They are attempting to capture energy directly through induction. I hope it pans out for them, seems like a really interesting approach.

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That seems inefficient

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Here’s a video I saw a few months back you might find interesting:

https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38?si=7XooWphajO6OlRB5

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We can do it now, just haven’t found a way to scale it and make it economical yet.

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ITER is doing a great job on that front

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There’s actually two (at least that I know of) ways for fusion to generate electricity, this is a newer one https://youtu.be/uRaQLZaaHWo?si=DTwV26inm1pyrYn8

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Don’t leave us ice cold.

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