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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The only truly new method of power generation we've made in the last 100 years has been photovoltaic cells. Everything else is just finding new ways to make turbines spin.

[–] antrosapien@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

That's just boiling water with extra steps

[–] aprl02@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

That’s wrong statement

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

I've actually seen this same meme used in the opposite way where they did discover a new way but I don't remember enough information to find it. And I don't think it was talking about solar.