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[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 2 months ago

We can solve those problems directly or indirectly by tying superman to a dynamo. With free energy even the issues with materials can be solved over time.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Just have superman round up every billionaire and political leader and drop them off on an deserted island, and the rest of us can start fixing our problems like adults.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Why not drop them into a volcano

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 months ago

Then the myth that they are special might live on. Broadcast their island ineptitude as they all die and we might wake from that dream.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Better that they be forgotten entirely

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Wasn't there a small parody comic about this?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

One of my favorite ever smbc, and that's SAYING something! ❤️

[-] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 months ago

Isn't that just a solar panel with extra steps?

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I would say the energy output Superman is capable of implies he's actually a step-up transformer as well as a solar panel. He'd be much more efficient, but of course you only have one Superman.

Now im curious. I'm just an electrician, not an engineer. How much of the grid could Superman power? Someone figure out his kilowatt-hour figures please 😅

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The problem would be transmission, kinda like with huge powerplants that exist today.

The most efficient solution? Probably Superman bullying world leaders and billionaires into funding room temperature superconductivity research, heh.

[-] el_bhm@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Depends on the writer I guess.

Morrison? He just does a one energy cumblast while macrodosing some shrooms and Earth goes into overdrive. Humanity needs a new Si prefix for Wh.

[-] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Just about every iteration could easily power thousands of mountain sized gravity batteries.

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago

Don't know about Superman, but we have those figures, and it's a bit disappointing.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/3/

this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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