morto@piefed.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 day agoTurbines are our friendsmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1592arrow-down14
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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoIn some ways, that lag is good. You can cheaply replace batteries with just a thermal mass. But it’s not good enough to make up for the cost difference.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoThe sunlight spent just to get the water up to temperature is also wasted, so the maximum extractable energy per day gets kneecapped
In some ways, that lag is good. You can cheaply replace batteries with just a thermal mass.
But it’s not good enough to make up for the cost difference.
The sunlight spent just to get the water up to temperature is also wasted, so the maximum extractable energy per day gets kneecapped