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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·14 hours agoIt is interesting to see old tech having clever solutions for stuff like this, these days the answer is 98% of the time is to slap a CPU on it. It’s boring!
minus-squareImgurRefugee114@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·14 hours agoWait til you hear about all the different technologies we use to generate electricity
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 hours ago yep, that’s right - it goes in the square hole we’re boiling water!
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·13 hours ago99% spinning a generator and 1% direct solar panels
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoI am still giddy when I think about the way solar panels work. Still feels futuristic to me :3
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·13 hours agoHey, hasn’t that panel number been going up lately?
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoThe amount of panels has been. Unfortunately as always our demand also keep increasing.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoKardashev level 1 here we goo!
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoTo heat power the super-AI!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoIt’s just turning water into steam again, isn’t it
minus-squareImgurRefugee114@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 hours agoYou’re right! Sometimes we let the kinetic energy of the liquid water itself spin the turbine, when we’re feeling freaky.
minus-squarerain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoall of these, and gas turbines too, are synchronous. some wind turbines are almost-synchronous and some use giant inverters which is probably one of bigger mass uses of power electronics today
It is interesting to see old tech having clever solutions for stuff like this, these days the answer is 98% of the time is to slap a CPU on it.
It’s boring!
Wait til you hear about all the different technologies we use to generate electricity
99% spinning a generator and 1% direct solar panels
I am still giddy when I think about the way solar panels work. Still feels futuristic to me :3
Hey, hasn’t that panel number been going up lately?
The amount of panels has been. Unfortunately as always our demand also keep increasing.
Kardashev level 1 here we goo!
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heatpower the super-AI!It’s just turning water into steam again, isn’t it
it’s not all steam
You’re right! Sometimes we let the kinetic energy of the liquid water itself spin the turbine, when we’re feeling freaky.
all of these, and gas turbines too, are synchronous. some wind turbines are almost-synchronous and some use giant inverters which is probably one of bigger mass uses of power electronics today
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