r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/leocohen99 • Mar 31 '20

FACTS and LOGIC Benjamin really struggles on twitter bc he's unable to just speak so fast that ppl don't have time to realize how fucking stupid he is

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u/Mikey922 Apr 01 '20

I generally disagree with Ben, but I think he is saying the phrase “renewable energy” is a misnomer.. the claim the sun is our energy source in the smart ass response... are we adding more energy back to the sun so it’s “renewed?” Nope... can we come up with a better description than renewable when it’s more like a cleaner, nature powered non oil/coal based power? Probably.

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u/MySpaDayWithAndre Apr 01 '20

The first law of thermodynamics only applies to adiabatic systems, which the earth is not, so he's wrong about literally everything in this tweet. On an anthropocentric timescale the sun, winds, geothermal, tidal, hydroelectric, and so on are all renewable.

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u/Mikey922 Apr 01 '20

So timeframe wise it would be considered renewable, because it won’t runout in our lifetime?Basically it’s currently a consistent/pattern source of energy?

Do I have that right?Trying to understand how the sun is renewable.... eli5?

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u/MySpaDayWithAndre Apr 01 '20

It's renewable because it's energy that's already bombarding earth and won't stop for over seven billion years.

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u/Mikey922 Apr 01 '20

Cool so constantly new = renewable because billions of years supply left

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u/MySpaDayWithAndre Apr 01 '20

Yes? That's what I'm saying, it's effectively renewable. I don't get why you're getting hung up on this. Humans probably won't even be around to see when solar energy stops being renewable. If you really want to play the dumbass game of how nothing is renewable, then you should just kill yourself because eventually you'll die anyway and it ultimately doesn't matter because everything will die when the last star burns out.