Comment on Earth needs more energy. Atlanta’s Super Soaker creator may have a solution.

lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It is scalding hot, but I think the key takeaway is that it’s not hot enough to boil into steam, which is our current go-to for harvesting energy from heat.

  So after you do your steam turbine and you are left with not-quite boiling water, by today’s standards it is useless for further harvesting for electricity. If this article is as-advertised (a big if), then we can harvest more, adding efficiency to any process that boils water to turn a turbine.

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  • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yup I get it, just don’t like marketing speak and downplaying what we are talking about - it takes a ton of joules to get water that hot and it’s dangerous.

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    • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The water in this case is not being heated up for this, it’s waste heat man. It’s already going to be hot.

      Everything is dangerous. That’s why we have certification and training.

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      • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Where did I say the opposite of anything you are talking about?

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• deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s 95 Deg C. That’s not hot enough for a proper cup of tea you add milk to. It should be boiling.

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  • logi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And yet it’s too hot for a proper cup of green tea.

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    • deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s still below boiling point, which is the point

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      • logi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        If that’s the literal point, then why on God’s green earth are you talking about tea? And milk?!?

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