Nah, easier. At least if you have access to solar panels and metal for wiring.
Now making a solar panel from scratch, thatâs a whole different story⌠At that point, just go with solar thermal low tech steam turbine or something
yeah, you need an industrial base to build from scratch. But thatâs not that different if you want to build engines and oil refining from scratch. Youâd have to start with a steam engine first and reboot industry from there.
for solar panels you need silicon with 99.99% degree purity. (10^-4 parts of impurities) you donât get that easily with medieval peasant technology. you need a high-tech vacuum chamber and some chemical to do the purification for you, and also repeated heating/cooling down. Then you need to spray the heated gaseous silicon on a surface and let it cool down slowly so it crystallizes âŚ
I would argue that the steam and even combustion engine are much easier to build than a solar panel, if you know how.
If he was given detailed instructions, I believe a mediaeval blacksmith could have build a steam engine. As soon as we go to 17th/18th century, we can probably build a combustion engine. Sure, it will be a bad engine, but it will do the job of burning refined oil and spinning.
But a solar panel? You need clean rooms, which need air purification, you need working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing. Much harder than a solar thermal steam engine and a few lead or zinc batteries.
Look, I love the concept of solar power and Iâm proud of my Australian state being one of the first jurisdictions in the world that will be 100% renewable. ButttttâŚ.
Itâs pretty hard to be cooler than running a car on millions of explosions powered by dinosaur juice
âThereâs been a lot of talk, especially of late, that Y.M.C.A. is somehow a gay anthem,â Willis, who wrote the lyrics for the 1978 hit, said on Facebook on Monday. âAs Iâve said numerous times in the past, that is a false assumption based on the fact that my writing partner was gay, and some (not all) of Village People were gay, and that the first Village People album was totally about gay life.
âThis assumption is also based on the fact that the YMCA was apparently being used as some sort of gay hangout and since one of the writers was gay and some of the Village People are gay, the song must be a message to gay people. To that I say once again, get your minds out of the gutter. It is not.â
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. There is a lot to unpack in that article.
Edit: From the paragraph that immediately follows:
The song, from the bandâs third studio album, âCruisinââ has spent years as an informal anthem of the LGBTQ community.
I came to age in that shit. To this day, I still struggle with the trauma. Glad things are better now, even if not much in some cases, for younger LGBTQ+ folks.
Europe Pub (PieFed)
not_IO
Youâd think an electric bike and a few solar panels would go a lot farther in a desert environment. Solarpunk version of mad max.
Sensible Sebastian
Raiding racks of solar panels and batteries is way less cool
Also would solar panels be harder to cobble together than an engine?
Nah, easier. At least if you have access to solar panels and metal for wiring.
Now making a solar panel from scratch, thatâs a whole different story⌠At that point, just go with solar thermal low tech steam turbine or something
yeah, you need an industrial base to build from scratch. But thatâs not that different if you want to build engines and oil refining from scratch. Youâd have to start with a steam engine first and reboot industry from there.
And for the steel engine youâd need an advanced forge as well as the raw minerals with sufficient purity. As well as either coal or tons of wood
for solar panels you need silicon with 99.99% degree purity. (10^-4 parts of impurities) you donât get that easily with medieval peasant technology. you need a high-tech vacuum chamber and some chemical to do the purification for you, and also repeated heating/cooling down. Then you need to spray the heated gaseous silicon on a surface and let it cool down slowly so it crystallizes âŚ
I donât think weâd be back to middle ages tech, it would be more like industrial revolution right?
I would argue that the steam and even combustion engine are much easier to build than a solar panel, if you know how.
If he was given detailed instructions, I believe a mediaeval blacksmith could have build a steam engine. As soon as we go to 17th/18th century, we can probably build a combustion engine. Sure, it will be a bad engine, but it will do the job of burning refined oil and spinning.
But a solar panel? You need clean rooms, which need air purification, you need working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing. Much harder than a solar thermal steam engine and a few lead or zinc batteries.
Mad Max would be a lot different using those first primitive engines instead of the V8 and whatnot.
Are you telling me a load of PV panels strapped to a vehicle wouldnât look cool?
Look, I love the concept of solar power and Iâm proud of my Australian state being one of the first jurisdictions in the world that will be 100% renewable. ButttttâŚ.
Itâs pretty hard to be cooler than running a car on millions of explosions powered by dinosaur juice
But not the Eldritch Fusion Reactor in Space thatâs in a state of constant explosion?
Iâll admit, if you can youâre tie that to your roof racks and storm off through the desert, that is much much cooler
And my ass!
Whereâs your donkey?
That much muscle mass has to take a lot of protein to maintain. What on earth are they hunting out there in the desert?
I mean to be fair, it takes place in Australia. Plenty of big ass spiders and dinosaur lizards to hunt
Ass spiders explains a lot
Itâs like a spider, but instead of that big back part they have, itâs two big butt cheeks instead
Stupid sexy spiders!
The clapping spider, I believe they call it.
What do you think they do with the one that did not come out of the arena?
thereâs creatine in the grass down under
Cabinals
You put that thing on several times a week. You can stop pretending itâs for special occasions or events.
ur right, I sleep in this
âUh, Pete, itâs only been three days since the fuel shortage⌠Did you⌠Uh⌠Already have this costume?â
Damn! I just donated all that stuff last year.
This guy has an interview where heâs upset that he and his bottom are perceived as being gay
Did he not see the movie?
80âs gay panic is a hell of a drug, for another wild take of âstraightâ dude cope:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/entertainment/ymca-not-gay-anthem-scli-intl
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. There is a lot to unpack in that article.
Edit: From the paragraph that immediately follows:
Someone should do a parody about grinder, canât be subtle with things in 2026
also trump, the only president to blow an other president, puts it on all the time
I came to age in that shit. To this day, I still struggle with the trauma. Glad things are better now, even if not much in some cases, for younger LGBTQ+ folks.
ACAB
ACABEFC
All Cops Are Bastards Even Fictional Cops
Im halfway between Baymax and pillsburry doughboy. Wearing this, id probably get identified as an oĂŻl rĂŠserve.
xD
Name that side-character from He-Man.
Lord very bigus.
âFistoâ is already taken. Most likely name would be something like âMask Man.â
Oh yeah its all coming together
GUZZOLINE!!
Time to break out my fuel crisis abs.
Hang on⌠This could take a while.
Gay BDSM or Mad Max?
this short expands on the Great Humungousâ lore a bit
Yes, but also Iâve seen many of the folks who will suffer under the fuel crisis, so also, hell no.
Aerodynamic?
No one has a body like that though
And be honest do you really want to see fat people dressed like that
Hey Ive seen people dressed like that!