sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSolar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st timeabcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1896arrow-down15
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minus-squareOhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-222 hours agoEvery power source is a solar power source if you follow the trail back far enough.
minus-squareEther@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours ago*stellar, not solar, the carbon in coal wasn’t formed by our sun but a different star far in the past
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·53 minutes agoYeah but the trees that made it into hydrocarbons were fuled by our sun.
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoI only use pure clean hydrogen unchanged from the big bang.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 hours agoDeep sea vents aren’t, unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’
minus-squareptu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoAlso geothermal and nuclear power aren’t
minus-squareOhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours ago unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’. I did say “if you follow the trail back far enough.” Same goes for uranium. Born from supernovae (exploding stars).
Every power source is a solar power source if you follow the trail back far enough.
*stellar, not solar, the carbon in coal wasn’t formed by our sun but a different star far in the past
Yeah but the trees that made it into hydrocarbons were fuled by our sun.
I only use pure clean hydrogen unchanged from the big bang.
Deep sea vents aren’t, unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’
Also geothermal and nuclear power aren’t
I did say “if you follow the trail back far enough.” Same goes for uranium. Born from supernovae (exploding stars).