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It is interesting to see old tech having clever solutions for stuff like this, these days the answer is 98% of the time is to slap a CPU on it.
It's boring!
Wait til you hear about all the different technologies we use to generate electricity
99% spinning a generator and 1% direct solar panels
Hey, hasn't that panel number been going up lately?
The amount of panels has been. Unfortunately as always our demand also keep increasing.
Kardashev level 1 here we goo!
To ~~heat~~ power the super-AI!
I am still giddy when I think about the way solar panels work. Still feels futuristic to me :3
it's not all steam
You're right! Sometimes we let the kinetic energy of the liquid water itself spin the turbine, when we're feeling freaky.
all of these, and gas turbines too, are synchronous. some wind turbines are almost-synchronous and some use giant inverters which is probably one of bigger mass uses of power electronics today
It's just turning water into steam again, isn't it