• fenrasulfr@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Appart from using solar power to melt salt as a energy storage solution, you also have water cooled solar panels that store that heat as warm water.

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    15 hours ago

    I know this is supposed to be a joke, but it’s important to understand how it really works:

    • particles from the sun hit the solar panel
    • the panel accelerates those particles, which creates fissile material
    • the fissile material is the used in a traditional nuclear reactor
    • the nuclear reaction finally heats water
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    18 hours ago

    Where is the shitpost, solar panels do work by heating up water, unlike photovoltaics.

    Solar panels are good to get a baseline amount of heated water for your home.

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      17 hours ago

      Because I think the graphic missed the parts about the MC4 cables & the solar charge controller & the Lithium battery & the power inverter, a few little details like that.