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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> RTGs in satellites uses thermocouple.
RTGs are very inefficient at converting heat into electricity so we don’t use those … except in where devices need an extremely long life with zero servicing. Even there the inefficiency of RTGs is motivating research to [replace them with Stirling engines](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2020/stirling-convertor-sets-14-year-continuous-operation-milestone).
> Im guessing solar works in a similar way?
Solar cells use the photovoltaic effect whereas RTGs use the Seebeck effect. They’re similar in that they’re explained by the behaviour of subatomic particles where two different materials meet but the details differ.
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