Sadly from personal experience, no, the general public does not know that coal power plants work by burning coal to boil water, and are horrified at how trashy the concept is.
High-key a great way to persuade them to support renewables. Associate coal with the image of people in underdeveloped countries burning fossil fuels in their own homes to exploit their own preconceived biases.
“Experts say power plants ‘burn coal to convert water into steam.’”
I mean, does anyone really know how these things operate?
Sadly from personal experience, no, the general public does not know that coal power plants work by burning coal to boil water, and are horrified at how trashy the concept is.
High-key a great way to persuade them to support renewables. Associate coal with the image of people in underdeveloped countries burning fossil fuels in their own homes to exploit their own preconceived biases.
Every power source is a solar power source if you follow the trail back far enough.
*stellar, not solar, the carbon in coal wasn’t formed by our sun but a different star far in the past
I only use pure clean hydrogen unchanged from the big bang.
Deep sea vents aren’t, unless you’re including the formation of the solar system as ‘solar’
Also geothermal and nuclear power aren’t
I did say “if you follow the trail back far enough.” Same goes for uranium. Born from supernovae (exploding stars).
Much of North America has enjoyed electricity steady enough not to think much past don’t wiz on the electric fence.
That was a multi-generational achievement.
The tide comes in. The tide goes out.
Water, fire, air and dirt; fucking magnets, how do they work?
You can’t explain that!
Omg, I’ve explained this so many times on here. The tide comes in because the tide goes out. See? Everything has an explanation.
Anyone with a passing knowledge of chemistry and thermodynamics would know how it works in theory at least.