Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down111
arrow-up1312arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·2 years agoAll of humanities technological advancements can be summed up in ever more complex ways to boil water
minus-squareFederatedSaint@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoThat’s why photovoltaics need much more R&D. They are the only true advancement in electricity production since the inception of broadly adopted electrification.
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoExactly why we should ditch them. We shall not break tradition. Praise be the turbine
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoBlessed be the holy turbine, we seek guidance in its rotation. Long may it spin and bring forth a bounteous current.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoHey we burn things just for heat too.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah, heat to boil water
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoWe heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNot only water as per the original comment. You need heat to smelt ore and do any number of industrial things to progress society.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoBut then you quench that ore in water! It’s just heating water with extra steps!
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoMost of the biggest advances in technology is just about moving liquids. Rocket science is really just large scale HVAC.
All of humanities technological advancements can be summed up in ever more complex ways to boil water
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.
Exactly why we should ditch them. We shall not break tradition. Praise be the turbine
Hollowed be thy pipes
Anoint me in condensate
Blessed be the holy turbine, we seek guidance in its rotation. Long may it spin and bring forth a bounteous current.
Hey we burn things just for heat too.
Yeah, heat to boil water
We heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.
And water
Not only water as per the original comment. You need heat to smelt ore and do any number of industrial things to progress society.
But then you quench that ore in water! It’s just heating water with extra steps!
We smelting water tonight?
Most of the biggest advances in technology is just about moving liquids. Rocket science is really just large scale HVAC.