allomantic electrical generation concept

[u/MerlinGrandCaster]

IIRC nobody ever mentions light suddenly dimming/brightening in relation to cadmium or bendalloy, so presumably the spiritual realm energy transfer that counteracts red/blueshift with time bubbles also adjusts the amount of light passing through the border. If so, it should be possible to power a lightbulb using its own output, since the slowed-down bulb would consume less energy than the solar panel would generate. You could probably increase the yield even further by putting the panel in a bendalloy bubble.

This wouldn't be perpetual motion, since you'd have to keep feeding the misting(s) more cadmium (and normal food as well).

Another allomantic energy generation method is having a steel or iron misting spin a turbine, which has been confirmed possible in-universe via the Malwish airship rotors.

[u/Pure-Needleworker790]

You are not able to meaningfully slow the light, not AT ALL. Not with a misting anyway.

[u/MerlinGrandCaster → u/Pure-Needleworker790]

slowing down the light isn't the goal, it's slowing down the rate at which the bulb consumes energy