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[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 116 points 11 months ago

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

[-] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 32 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Restaldt@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago
[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Anoint me in condensate

[-] Opafi@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

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

[-] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

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

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

Also fuel cells.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Hey we burn things just for heat too.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

We heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.

[-] CJOtheReal@ani.social 4 points 11 months ago

We heat homes by heating water and putting the hot water through pipes into wall mounted iron tanks so that the water cools down again...

[-] BandoCalrissian@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Not everyone uses radiators. My system is a forced air furnace.

[-] scifu@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We heat water molecules in air.

[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Floor heating is state of the art here, no radiators. Water pipes in screed.

[-] penguin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

We smelting water tonight?

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Not only water as per the original comment. You need heat to smelt ore and do any number of industrial things to progress society.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But then you quench that ore in water! It's just heating water with extra steps!

[-] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

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

/pun intended

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

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

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

That's all "burn shit".

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

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

this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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