▲ 1147 ▼ Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition." (futurism.com) submitted 1 week ago by eicker@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 411 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) But does harvesting it make it go faster or slower away? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] excess0680@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) If you mean harvesting tidal energy, the effect on the moon would be minimal. The loss of angular momentum the moon experiences is due to the mass of the earth’s waters. I could not imagine anything humans could build that could extract enough tidal energy that it would disrupt the moon without utterly destroying the environment at the same time (by way of nullifying tides somehow). In fact, to harness tidal energy, one way would be to use underwater turbines. They would have an immediate effect to the local environment but a negligible amount to the moon itself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 1 week ago I know its minimal, I'm not saying it's a concern, I'm just saying if we are harvesting it, doesn't that mean it's pulling us closer to it? It's not magically free energy (in the physics sense), so what else could it be other than converting the potential gravitational energy between the earth and moon into something else? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] excess0680@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) If you mean harvesting tidal energy, the effect on the moon would be minimal. The loss of angular momentum the moon experiences is due to the mass of the earth’s waters. I could not imagine anything humans could build that could extract enough tidal energy that it would disrupt the moon without utterly destroying the environment at the same time (by way of nullifying tides somehow). In fact, to harness tidal energy, one way would be to use underwater turbines. They would have an immediate effect to the local environment but a negligible amount to the moon itself. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 1 week ago I know its minimal, I'm not saying it's a concern, I'm just saying if we are harvesting it, doesn't that mean it's pulling us closer to it? It's not magically free energy (in the physics sense), so what else could it be other than converting the potential gravitational energy between the earth and moon into something else? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 1 week ago I know its minimal, I'm not saying it's a concern, I'm just saying if we are harvesting it, doesn't that mean it's pulling us closer to it? It's not magically free energy (in the physics sense), so what else could it be other than converting the potential gravitational energy between the earth and moon into something else? permalink fedilink source parent