morto@piefed.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoTurbines are our friendsmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIn some ways, that lag is good. You can cheaply replace batteries with just a thermal mass. But it’s not good enough to make up for the cost difference.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThe sunlight spent just to get the water up to temperature is also wasted, so the maximum extractable energy per day gets kneecapped
In some ways, that lag is good. You can cheaply replace batteries with just a thermal mass.
But it’s not good enough to make up for the cost difference.
The sunlight spent just to get the water up to temperature is also wasted, so the maximum extractable energy per day gets kneecapped