▲ 1127 ▼ If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky. (europe.pub) submitted 8 months ago by mxeff@feddit.org to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 181 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (21 children) Better solar power extractor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 21 child comments replies: [–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago (12 children) If you think about it coal fired power plants are also solar powered 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] nexguy@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) True, just that an intermediate step(of many steps) is to continually destroy the atmosphere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aneb@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) It's not like we need it to breath anyways. We'll just pay corporations for oxygen masks and "Atmo-tanks" to breath. We have commodify everything because Capitalism requires it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago C'mon Cohegan, give dees peepul aihhhhhh permalink fedilink source parent [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Only that sun fell on plants millions of years ago. We really don't want that million year old carbon dioxide in the atmosphere alongside the recent stuff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago Very true, the conclusion I'm drawing is that solar power is actively harming the environment and causing climate change. No new solar! permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (6 children) Fine to think of it, it's also renewable! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] simcup@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (5 children) AFAIR you can't get new coal/oil because in the meantime there are fungi in the ground that would process the dead plants/alge/whatever was pressed to make the hydrocarbons. but i can't find the source of that info, so grain of salt permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) That it took 400 million years for one fungus to evolve wood eating is wild to me. And no other microbe has ever evolved that ability: my understanding is all wood decay fungal species today evolved from one shared ancester. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago* Stupid science and its "biology" ane "evolutionary timelines" always trying to ruin my fun... Are you referring to lignen developing before there was a bilogical process to break it down? permalink fedilink source parent [–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago (7 children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago (5 children) do you not know how those work? the sun shines on the side angled upwards and heats it up. everybody knows hot air rises, so this raises the blade, creating the spinning motion. it's basic, really. third grade stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (4 children) I really love how it's almost that simple. the sun shines on the side angled upwards planet and heats it up. everybody knows hot air rises, so this raises creating winds that drive the blade, creating the spinning motion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) Omg every body knows wind is created when god sighs at the collective sin of the world. Some people so dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) the great orc father mungnog's farts propel the wind, all know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I declare holy war! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent [–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 months ago The sun heats the planet unevenly, this causes wind. Wind is solar permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 10 points 8 months ago (12 children) If you think about it coal fired power plants are also solar powered 🤔 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] nexguy@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) True, just that an intermediate step(of many steps) is to continually destroy the atmosphere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aneb@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) It's not like we need it to breath anyways. We'll just pay corporations for oxygen masks and "Atmo-tanks" to breath. We have commodify everything because Capitalism requires it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago C'mon Cohegan, give dees peepul aihhhhhh permalink fedilink source parent [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Only that sun fell on plants millions of years ago. We really don't want that million year old carbon dioxide in the atmosphere alongside the recent stuff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago Very true, the conclusion I'm drawing is that solar power is actively harming the environment and causing climate change. No new solar! permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (6 children) Fine to think of it, it's also renewable! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] simcup@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (5 children) AFAIR you can't get new coal/oil because in the meantime there are fungi in the ground that would process the dead plants/alge/whatever was pressed to make the hydrocarbons. but i can't find the source of that info, so grain of salt permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) That it took 400 million years for one fungus to evolve wood eating is wild to me. And no other microbe has ever evolved that ability: my understanding is all wood decay fungal species today evolved from one shared ancester. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago* Stupid science and its "biology" ane "evolutionary timelines" always trying to ruin my fun... Are you referring to lignen developing before there was a bilogical process to break it down? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) True, just that an intermediate step(of many steps) is to continually destroy the atmosphere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aneb@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) It's not like we need it to breath anyways. We'll just pay corporations for oxygen masks and "Atmo-tanks" to breath. We have commodify everything because Capitalism requires it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago C'mon Cohegan, give dees peepul aihhhhhh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) It's not like we need it to breath anyways. We'll just pay corporations for oxygen masks and "Atmo-tanks" to breath. We have commodify everything because Capitalism requires it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago C'mon Cohegan, give dees peepul aihhhhhh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago C'mon Cohegan, give dees peepul aihhhhhh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Only that sun fell on plants millions of years ago. We really don't want that million year old carbon dioxide in the atmosphere alongside the recent stuff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago Very true, the conclusion I'm drawing is that solar power is actively harming the environment and causing climate change. No new solar! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago Very true, the conclusion I'm drawing is that solar power is actively harming the environment and causing climate change. No new solar! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (6 children) Fine to think of it, it's also renewable! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] simcup@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (5 children) AFAIR you can't get new coal/oil because in the meantime there are fungi in the ground that would process the dead plants/alge/whatever was pressed to make the hydrocarbons. but i can't find the source of that info, so grain of salt permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) That it took 400 million years for one fungus to evolve wood eating is wild to me. And no other microbe has ever evolved that ability: my understanding is all wood decay fungal species today evolved from one shared ancester. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago* Stupid science and its "biology" ane "evolutionary timelines" always trying to ruin my fun... Are you referring to lignen developing before there was a bilogical process to break it down? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] simcup@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (5 children) AFAIR you can't get new coal/oil because in the meantime there are fungi in the ground that would process the dead plants/alge/whatever was pressed to make the hydrocarbons. but i can't find the source of that info, so grain of salt permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) That it took 400 million years for one fungus to evolve wood eating is wild to me. And no other microbe has ever evolved that ability: my understanding is all wood decay fungal species today evolved from one shared ancester. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent [–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago* Stupid science and its "biology" ane "evolutionary timelines" always trying to ruin my fun... Are you referring to lignen developing before there was a bilogical process to break it down? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Riverside@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) That it took 400 million years for one fungus to evolve wood eating is wild to me. And no other microbe has ever evolved that ability: my understanding is all wood decay fungal species today evolved from one shared ancester. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) That it took 400 million years for one fungus to evolve wood eating is wild to me. And no other microbe has ever evolved that ability: my understanding is all wood decay fungal species today evolved from one shared ancester. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago I wasn't intending my comment as a correction - microbe is a more general term than bacteria, and most fungi are indeed microbes - but just saw an opportunity to add on what I think is a cool fact. Thanks for bringing up the carboniferous period! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago* Stupid science and its "biology" ane "evolutionary timelines" always trying to ruin my fun... Are you referring to lignen developing before there was a bilogical process to break it down? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago (7 children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago (5 children) do you not know how those work? the sun shines on the side angled upwards and heats it up. everybody knows hot air rises, so this raises the blade, creating the spinning motion. it's basic, really. third grade stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (4 children) I really love how it's almost that simple. the sun shines on the side angled upwards planet and heats it up. everybody knows hot air rises, so this raises creating winds that drive the blade, creating the spinning motion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) Omg every body knows wind is created when god sighs at the collective sin of the world. Some people so dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) the great orc father mungnog's farts propel the wind, all know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I declare holy war! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent [–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 months ago The sun heats the planet unevenly, this causes wind. Wind is solar permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago (5 children) do you not know how those work? the sun shines on the side angled upwards and heats it up. everybody knows hot air rises, so this raises the blade, creating the spinning motion. it's basic, really. third grade stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (4 children) I really love how it's almost that simple. the sun shines on the side angled upwards planet and heats it up. everybody knows hot air rises, so this raises creating winds that drive the blade, creating the spinning motion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) Omg every body knows wind is created when god sighs at the collective sin of the world. Some people so dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) the great orc father mungnog's farts propel the wind, all know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I declare holy war! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (4 children) I really love how it's almost that simple. the sun shines on the side angled upwards planet and heats it up. everybody knows hot air rises, so this raises creating winds that drive the blade, creating the spinning motion. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) Omg every body knows wind is created when god sighs at the collective sin of the world. Some people so dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) the great orc father mungnog's farts propel the wind, all know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I declare holy war! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (3 children) Omg every body knows wind is created when god sighs at the collective sin of the world. Some people so dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) the great orc father mungnog's farts propel the wind, all know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I declare holy war! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) the great orc father mungnog's farts propel the wind, all know this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I declare holy war! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) I declare holy war! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago I declare bankruptcy! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 months ago The sun heats the planet unevenly, this causes wind. Wind is solar permalink fedilink source parent