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minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoHence the material science bit. Creating anything to make the electricity useful is the hard part. Hydro power has been around for a long time but was used for direct mechanical work. Electricity is an abstract layer above that and requires at least something like a light bulb to make any practical sense.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoBut the meme wasn’t asking how to make electricity! Like if they said that, sure, but they just asked how it worked.
Hence the material science bit. Creating anything to make the electricity useful is the hard part.
Hydro power has been around for a long time but was used for direct mechanical work.
Electricity is an abstract layer above that and requires at least something like a light bulb to make any practical sense.
But the meme wasn’t asking how to make electricity! Like if they said that, sure, but they just asked how it worked.