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“They asked me if I had a degree in theoretical physics. I told them I have a theoretical degree in physics!”

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I really wanted to kill that douche and let the Apocalypsis follower take the full reigns

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If you kill him literally no one even gets mad at you lol

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Nice

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damn they made the power plant from new vegas real…

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didn’t start construction until 2010, same year the game came out lol, thats super cool

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Pretty sure there was something that looked like this in the sim city games and maybe a few of the Civ games. I’m guessing this had been a prototype that was tossed around for a couple of decades before finally being made into a reality.

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What is this? Is it a solar power plant?

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It’s a 110 MWe thermosolar power plant. The mirrors are slightly concave and reflect the sun on the top of the tower, the top of the tower contains molten salt that is circulated to a steam engine to generate power. During the night the salt stays molten and can keep the steam generator running all day.

A pretty ingenious design, it solves the problems with storage and rare earth metals in photovoltaic solar energy.

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13 points

That’s so cool!

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Wait, if it bypasses the problem of “no sun at night”, what’s stopping this from replacing fossil fuels altogether?

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I haven’t looked into this but I imagine it can’t provide consistent power if it’s overcast for multiple days

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🤷🏻‍♀️

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big fat oil billionaires tap tappin on their stock tickers

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11 points

They retrofitted a shrine to accommodate social distancing

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Is that one of those kill towers from dishonored

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“Temple of the Sun”

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