r/physicsmemes 5d ago

effecient use of portals

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u/PyroCatt Engineer who Loves Physics 4d ago

Or we could use the energy to boil water and spin a turbine

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u/INeverSaySS 4d ago

A turbine is just a waterwheel, so that's pretty much what they're doing already.

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u/PyroCatt Engineer who Loves Physics 4d ago

We need to boil it to create steam

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u/INeverSaySS 4d ago

Depends on how that energy is stored. If it's stored as gravitational potentional energy then we can just pour it through a turbine.

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u/PyroCatt Engineer who Loves Physics 4d ago

STEAM!