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This is not how solar panels work.
You sure?
This very scientific image looks very convincing to me.
I knew that photons pushing electrons around was a scam!
FR. How can photons push if they don’t even have arms?
Each panel has it’s own little steam turbine inside it in reality.
(these are solar thermic power plants, their panels are black and usually assisted by mirrors leading to a similar look)
I know this is supposed to be a joke, but it’s important to understand how it really works:
- particles from the sun hit the solar panel
- the panel accelerates those particles, which creates fissile material
- the fissile material is the used in a traditional nuclear reactor
- the nuclear reaction finally heats water
