My wife and I were talking about the younger generation this morning and their attraction to the New Green Deal. One of the principles is supposed to be the elimination of using fossil fuels. One thought led to another and we wondered if some of these folks have even a clue about how electricity is generated. I realize I’m addressing this to much more knowledgeable folks here, but...How do you think electricity is created?It’s magic! I have no clue.It’s collected by capturing lightening bolts.Generate heat, spin a magnet & use conductors to bleed off the juice.
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May 08, 2019, 06:50 PM
.38supersig
The giant magical Thunderbunny hides USB ports from the Transformers waiting for their favorite former Decepticon: Overlord.
(okay, so I was originally going to talk about capacitance coupling and Kirchhoff's law, but...)
May 08, 2019, 06:50 PM
LouieH
I'm pretty sure it's generated by walking across the carpet in socks during the Winter. As for how it's stored, that's a mystery to me.
May 08, 2019, 07:05 PM
Skins2881
Move a coil of wire through a magnetic field, connect ends of said coil to a load such as a lightbulb. Boom! Power.
This process can be sized up from a lightbulb to a city and the momentum can be provided by many ways almost infinite ways. Falling water, combustion, steam, wind, thousands of linked gerbil wheels a spinning, etc.
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May 08, 2019, 07:20 PM
Orguss
^ Pretty much, this.
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May 08, 2019, 07:25 PM
rburg
Actually, it comes out of a socket, you put a plug in the socket to harvest it. Keep it straight.
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May 08, 2019, 07:29 PM
kimber1911
Things breaking and coming apart causes energy.
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You don't need to generate heat to spin the magnet.
May 08, 2019, 07:36 PM
Doc H.
It's in the wall. I think they put it there when they build your house, and it leaks out through little holes, but if you stop them up it leaks into whatever you stop up the holes with. I think....
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May 08, 2019, 07:46 PM
arcwelder
There is no electricity, everything runs on smoke. Things stop working when you let the smoke out.
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May 08, 2019, 07:48 PM
two-two-niner-romeo
I think it's got something to do with the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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May 08, 2019, 08:35 PM
jbcummings
quote:
Originally posted by Scurvy: You don't need to generate heat to spin the magnet.
Yeah, that part varies. Hydro as an example. I got hung up thinking about the fossil fuel part. My dad worked at an oil/gas fired generating plant. The boiler was 7 stories tall and generated steam that was used to spin a turbine. The turbine in it’s housing stood about 25 feet tall and narrowed down to about 8. Lots of fossil fuel was used.
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May 08, 2019, 08:52 PM
chellim1
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I got hung up thinking about the fossil fuel part.
About 2/3 of the electricity generated is from fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), with about 1/3 from coal. 1/3 of electricity comes from burning coal.... ? Progs hate coal.
But they love their Tesla.
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May 08, 2019, 08:56 PM
TigerDore
There was an old man from Mass, who had two balls made of brass. When he rubbed them together, they played Stormy Weather, and lightning shot out of his ass.
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