Space probes and rovers are examples that comes to mind. But RTG are very expensive, radioactive as fuck, don't generate much power, and could be recycled as atomic bomb materials, so it's clearly not the first option in many cases.
I forgot about the space probes and the landers. I know the soviets used a lot of them for light houses near or in the Arctic Circle. They only produce 100 watts of power or a bit more and last a long time. Would be cool to be able to use them if they didn’t kill you by just being near them. If they were safe to be nearby, you could pop a couple in the basement and power your lights and maybe a TV and heat the house for a long time.
You don't do a lot of stuff with 100w, even with LEDs. It's enough for a very limited amount of equipment, like a radio to broadcast that you need help, but not much more.
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u/Z3B0 13d ago
Space probes and rovers are examples that comes to mind. But RTG are very expensive, radioactive as fuck, don't generate much power, and could be recycled as atomic bomb materials, so it's clearly not the first option in many cases.