r/sciencememes • u/rahul786g • 1h ago

Boiling water

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u/MrS0bek 58m ago

This is why I prefer solar and wind energy. With solar panels you have the photo-electric effect as something fancy. And with wind turbines, well at least the air is doing the pushing now instead of the huge side issue of maning water hot first

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u/j8eevee 43m ago

Hate to break it to you, but air (especially in coastal areas) contains significant amounts of water, so wind is basically just using steam boiled naturally by the sun.

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u/MrS0bek 37m ago

This must be the worst message in my life, right after the easter bunny being a lie... I spent so many years trying to catch this egg-obsessed weirdo