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'Reverse Solar Panel' Generates Electricity at Night (www.extremetech.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It’s not a reverse solar panel. It’s not a solar anything. It requires a difference in heat…

The solar part is because the Sun is responsible for the heat differential.

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[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 months ago

Then you could argue wind energy is just solar energy because wind exists due to heat and thus pressure differential

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago

So its a giant sterling engine?

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