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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

~~Nuclear~~ power is just boiling water

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

~~Nuclear~~ power is just ~~boiling~~ water

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It can be done with boiling water, but it's not very efficient.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I bet there is a way more efficient way to harness it that we are just missing too lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

You mean nuclear? Maybe if we could use the tech with fast neutrons from fission experiments in the rods we use to slow down the chain reaction?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm kinda surprised that nobody has harnessed our magnetic field to build a power source. Or at least tried. I have no idea how it could work, and I may be dumb as shit for this. But I feel like it could be possible if we had another 500 years left of society.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

"You're a old, and a fat"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Errich, is the refrigerator running? This is Mike Hunt, and he's a rich.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Eric Bachman, this is your mother. You are not my son.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

"This is you as an old man. I'm ugly and dead alone."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There are some fusion designs that use direct energy conversion.

Some work went into fission designs as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I heard that somewhere in the US there were parts of a nuclear power plant being delivered by steam train. So that’s basically one steam engine supplying another! (^^,)

I can’t seem to find an article about it anywhere, so it might be an urban legend :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Big Steam is playing us for suckers!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Given that the first commercial nuclear power plants in the US were coming online in the late 1950s, that's entirely possible. Steam trains were well on their way out by then, but there were still a few hauling freight around.

Fun adjacent fact: even when the British Empire had moved off of wind sails and into coal, those coal ships didn't have the range to possibly cover the entire Empire. Coal stations were setup around the world, and the coal had to be transported by sail. The previous technology helps get the next generation technology going.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nuclear power is the refining distilling and enriching of uranium into unstable isotopes and higher elements, boiling water is one small step in converting nuclear energy into electrical energy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

But it’s one of the most important steps because it’s where the actual electricity comes from.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And then there are thermonuclear generators

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sheng Wang is hilarious! Seriously, if you like comedy then watch his stuff

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Both Jimmy O. Yang and Sheng Wang are hilarious, but you should recognize that they are two different people.

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