sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSolar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st timeabcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up1947arrow-down110
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minus-squareOhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoEvery power source is a solar power source if you follow the trail back far enough.
minus-squareEther@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago*stellar, not solar, the carbon in coal wasn’t formed by our sun but a different star far in the past
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah but the trees that made it into hydrocarbons were fuled by our sun.
minus-squareOhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoNow you’re just splitting hairs. I mean we’d still call solar panels “solar panels,” even if they were collecting energy from another star (say, on an interstellar spaceship).
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoDeep sea vents aren’t, unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’
minus-squareptu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAlso geothermal and nuclear power aren’t
minus-squareOhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days ago unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’. I did say “if you follow the trail back far enough.” Same goes for uranium. Born from supernovae (exploding stars).
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI only use pure clean hydrogen unchanged from the big bang.
Every power source is a solar power source if you follow the trail back far enough.
*stellar, not solar, the carbon in coal wasn’t formed by our sun but a different star far in the past
Yeah but the trees that made it into hydrocarbons were fuled by our sun.
Now you’re just splitting hairs. I mean we’d still call solar panels “solar panels,” even if they were collecting energy from another star (say, on an interstellar spaceship).
Deep sea vents aren’t, unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’
Also geothermal and nuclear power aren’t
I did say “if you follow the trail back far enough.” Same goes for uranium. Born from supernovae (exploding stars).
I only use pure clean hydrogen unchanged from the big bang.