I Cast Fist@programming.dev to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoHow solar panels generate electricityprogramming.devimagemessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down120
arrow-up1412arrow-down1imageHow solar panels generate electricityprogramming.devI Cast Fist@programming.dev to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square75linkfedilink
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoIt seems like we could make this a lot more efficient by using pistons and having the sunlight push the pistons, turning a generator.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agobig solar has kept the truth about free power generation hidden for years.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIn all fairness, you need to install a magnet at the far end and keep constantly pluging and unplugging it to generate power…
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf you plug a power strip into each one of those empty plugs, you could power the whole house!
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoholyshitwhatthefuckhowisthishappening
minus-squareRiceMunk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI want us to build a Dyson swarm which is a bunch of ginormous pistons with attached even more ginormous solar sails. The solar sails pull the pistons which make generator go brr, and we become a K-2 civilization.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoGood idea! We’ll just need some steam turbines to help sunlight move the pistons in order to reach peak efficiency!
It seems like we could make this a lot more efficient by using pistons and having the sunlight push the pistons, turning a generator.
big solar has kept the truth about free power generation hidden for years.
In all fairness, you need to install a magnet at the far end and keep constantly pluging and unplugging it to generate power…
If you plug a power strip into each one of those empty plugs, you could power the whole house!
holyshitwhatthefuckhowisthishappening
I want us to build a Dyson swarm which is a bunch of ginormous pistons with attached even more ginormous solar sails. The solar sails pull the pistons which make generator go brr, and we become a K-2 civilization.
Good idea! We’ll just need some steam turbines to help sunlight move the pistons in order to reach peak efficiency!