• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    17 days ago

    Have we still not been able to progress past all power generation being “use water to turn a generator”? Humanity figured out the water wheel then just kept making it more complex.

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      17 days ago

      How about “use air to turn a generator”? Now that’s original. Or photovoltaics, I guess.

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        17 days ago

        So I’ve tried starting a perpetual windmill and it made money on only fans but it turned out the be an electrical loss overall… Had to abandon that attempt, back to the drawling board, I think I messed up somewhere.

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          You know that windmills are kind of the opposite of fans? Try “only windmills” instead and it’s not a :.|:; anymore

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            17 days ago

            So I reversed the windmill to a helicopter, more views, still an overall electrical loss. Thanks for trying though. I might not be the best person for this job.

            Guess I should start scouting for talent