• @marcos
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    155 days ago

    Tides and nuclear power aren’t.

    • unalivejoy
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      195 days ago

      That comes from the energy from earth’s rotation. That energy is left over from the formation of the sun.

      • @zergtoshi
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        75 days ago

        Plus nuclear wouldn’t work without fissionable elements, which wouldn’t be here without supernovae aka dying suns.

        • @[email protected]
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          75 days ago

          Which is why we need to finally develop fusion, to free us from the tyranny of power of stellar origin!

          …if you ignore the fact that fusion is basically replicating what a star does, that is

          • @[email protected]
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            44 days ago

            “Watch and dispair, oh mighty stars, how we have enslaved your children to release us from your tyranny!”

        • @AA5B
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          24 days ago

          So nuclear power is not like solar at all…… it’s GALACTIC POWER! maybe COSMIC POWER!

          • @zergtoshi
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            14 days ago

            I suppose it depends on the definition, but yeah - GALACTIC POWER

            • @AA5B
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              14 days ago

              And you always need to say it in that booming overly enthusiastic voice. It works whether you’re a superhero or a supervillain

      • @the_tab_key
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        24 days ago

        Left over from the formation of the solar system, not the sun.

        • @Shardikprime
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          14 days ago

          Erm, the solar system formed because of the sun

          Where do you think that solar accretion disk went to?

          • @the_tab_key
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            24 days ago

            Erm, the sun was formed in the center of a nebula and the planets formed out of the remaining mass that didn’t collapse into the sun. Yes, the gravity of the sun influenced how the remaining mass interacted and formed into planets with rotation, but it is not wholly a direct result of the sun itself, rather the angular momentum of the original nebula.

          • @[email protected]
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            14 days ago

            lol this is so pedantic it’s mindbogglingly fun. I would argue you’re confusing “gravitational effects” with what people are describing as “the sun’s output from nuclear fusion”.