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All renewable energy is fusion energy with a really round about way of collecting it (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Fossil fuel would I guess be chemically stored fusion energy from a long time ago

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[โ€“] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe tidal energy would also be an exception? It's from the motion of the moon, which is the result of ancient planetary collisions?

[โ€“] ptz@dubvee.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ooh, yeah. Didn't even think of tidal energy. I don't think we get any significant amounts from it currently, but it's being actively developed.

I guess if we want to get super pedantic about it, it would also be fusion-assisted since without the sun's energy keeping the oceans in a liquid state, it would be frozen and unable to generate any power.