▲ 235 ▼ How to cast lightning (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 weeks ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Anyone got the meme this is referencing? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) My guess would be it’s a play on how every time humans develop some new method for generating electricity, it always comes back to boiling water and turning a turbine with steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bright@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children) * except for solar panels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] albbi@piefed.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Photovoltaics There's also solar thermal where you redirect sunlight to a central reservoir to heat up water to yada yada yada. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago Big ol' tower of fucking mirrors, designed to turn natural light into a fucking laser who's entire purpose is to generate steam... To spin a turbine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lupus108@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) What about wind turbines? They use wind, which mainly is generated by the Sun unevenly heating a vast body of fluid, creating pressure gradients that set it in motion, which... in turn drives a turbine… goddammit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Think your looking for this one permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago Yeah that's it, thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) My guess would be it’s a play on how every time humans develop some new method for generating electricity, it always comes back to boiling water and turning a turbine with steam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bright@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children) * except for solar panels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] albbi@piefed.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Photovoltaics There's also solar thermal where you redirect sunlight to a central reservoir to heat up water to yada yada yada. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago Big ol' tower of fucking mirrors, designed to turn natural light into a fucking laser who's entire purpose is to generate steam... To spin a turbine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lupus108@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) What about wind turbines? They use wind, which mainly is generated by the Sun unevenly heating a vast body of fluid, creating pressure gradients that set it in motion, which... in turn drives a turbine… goddammit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bright@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children) * except for solar panels permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] albbi@piefed.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Photovoltaics There's also solar thermal where you redirect sunlight to a central reservoir to heat up water to yada yada yada. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago Big ol' tower of fucking mirrors, designed to turn natural light into a fucking laser who's entire purpose is to generate steam... To spin a turbine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lupus108@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) What about wind turbines? They use wind, which mainly is generated by the Sun unevenly heating a vast body of fluid, creating pressure gradients that set it in motion, which... in turn drives a turbine… goddammit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] albbi@piefed.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Photovoltaics There's also solar thermal where you redirect sunlight to a central reservoir to heat up water to yada yada yada. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago Big ol' tower of fucking mirrors, designed to turn natural light into a fucking laser who's entire purpose is to generate steam... To spin a turbine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago Big ol' tower of fucking mirrors, designed to turn natural light into a fucking laser who's entire purpose is to generate steam... To spin a turbine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lupus108@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) What about wind turbines? They use wind, which mainly is generated by the Sun unevenly heating a vast body of fluid, creating pressure gradients that set it in motion, which... in turn drives a turbine… goddammit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Think your looking for this one permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago Yeah that's it, thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago Yeah that's it, thanks permalink fedilink source parent
