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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You’re right, and it does seem a little weird that so many energy sources all seem to end up doing the same work on the same mechanism.
The most direct answer is that, no matter what fuel is used, the common factor in all these processes is that the end product is alternating electrical current, and we still use spinning turbines for the same reason we still use electric motors: it’s a reliable way to exchange mechanical energy for electrical current. You’re right about solar panels being the exception here, but what they lack in spinning turbines they make up for in expensive inverters.
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