Ugga is confused. Ugga needs help. Why basically only turbines?
* Nuclear power. Turbines.
* Water power (waterfall, dams and so on). Turbines.
* Wind power. Turbine (This one i accept).
* Wave power. Turbines.
* Coal power. Turbines.
The only one i can think of that doesnt use turbines is solar power. Have we not in our 250+ years of harnessing energy come up with a way of getting said power without using turbines except for solar power? Or is it just that, its our most effective way?
How do we extract energy from our fusion trial chambers? Is it just the heat being funneled to a watertank with a turbine?
RTGs in satellites uses thermocouple. Im guessing solar works in a similar way?
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Because spinning a giant coil of copper wire inside a huge magnet is one of the easiest ways to generate electricity.
It’s the same principle that makes electric motors work. In fact, functionally they are the same thing. Manually spin an electric motor and you’ll produce electricity. Push a lot of electricity through the wires in a turbine, and the turbine will spin.
Why magnets and wire interact like that is much more complicated.
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