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[–] guille2a@chachara.club 5 points 41 minutes ago (1 children)

Nuclear energy isn't new technology nor very advanced nowadays.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 hour ago

It is well known that "dyson spheres" are pure science fiction without realistic economics or any feasible implementation possibility. The reason is because there is not enough water to boil all that energy into usable electricity.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 34 minutes ago

Power tower?

Reminds me of a Frank Zappa song 😁

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 hour ago

We have been the steampunk universe all along!

[–] db2@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago

Not wrong though.

[–] rotkehlchen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Certainly the development of fusion reactors will be the beginning of something new.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Once we can make those we can boil the SHIT out of water!

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 2 points 42 minutes ago

And here I was hoping that we could boil the HELL out of water.

No large scale holy water production in sight still?

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Or sometimes about melting salt

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 7 points 55 minutes ago

Hmm, looks like it is also about boiling water

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[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 hour ago

I’m sitting pretty with my steamed milk reactor