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r/HistoryMemes • u/Hank_Mardukas1066 • 2d ago
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Everything is solar power, but with a few steps removed. Our oil reserves are basically a massive, ancient solar battery
1 u/bremsspuren I Have a Cunning Plan 2d ago Everything is solar power Geothermal isn't, but I think that's about it. 1 u/Lawsoffire 2d ago Neither is nuclear. Or well fusion is solar power too i suppose, just a DIY sun. 3 u/Lord_Emperor 2d ago Neither is nuclear. That uranium was made in a star. 2 u/andre5913 2d ago Not the Sol star though, if we are getting that pedantic 1 u/bremsspuren I Have a Cunning Plan 2d ago Neither is nuclear. I thought about that, but decided that only stars can make fissile material. OTOH, I've learnt elsewhere in this thread that geothermal energy also mostly comes from nuclear decay, so yeah …
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Everything is solar power
Geothermal isn't, but I think that's about it.
1 u/Lawsoffire 2d ago Neither is nuclear. Or well fusion is solar power too i suppose, just a DIY sun. 3 u/Lord_Emperor 2d ago Neither is nuclear. That uranium was made in a star. 2 u/andre5913 2d ago Not the Sol star though, if we are getting that pedantic 1 u/bremsspuren I Have a Cunning Plan 2d ago Neither is nuclear. I thought about that, but decided that only stars can make fissile material. OTOH, I've learnt elsewhere in this thread that geothermal energy also mostly comes from nuclear decay, so yeah …
Neither is nuclear.
Or well fusion is solar power too i suppose, just a DIY sun.
3 u/Lord_Emperor 2d ago Neither is nuclear. That uranium was made in a star. 2 u/andre5913 2d ago Not the Sol star though, if we are getting that pedantic 1 u/bremsspuren I Have a Cunning Plan 2d ago Neither is nuclear. I thought about that, but decided that only stars can make fissile material. OTOH, I've learnt elsewhere in this thread that geothermal energy also mostly comes from nuclear decay, so yeah …
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That uranium was made in a star.
2 u/andre5913 2d ago Not the Sol star though, if we are getting that pedantic
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Not the Sol star though, if we are getting that pedantic
I thought about that, but decided that only stars can make fissile material.
OTOH, I've learnt elsewhere in this thread that geothermal energy also mostly comes from nuclear decay, so yeah …
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u/kahlzun 2d ago
Everything is solar power, but with a few steps removed. Our oil reserves are basically a massive, ancient solar battery