Wait.. then what am I thinking of? I'm sure this effect is used somewhere
luthis
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Nickel and zinc are very common to my knowledge. And much easier to mine than lithium
Seebeck Effect
This is how fridges work in reverse right? Apply current and make one side really cold?
Yeah I know the bestowed ones get to drink the goat blood but after sweating in the cloak for an hour, blood is the last thing you want to drink.
It sucks.
The hoods and cloaks are claustrophobic and hot. They don't serve any food. There's a lot of chanting and singing in Latin.
Everyone has to do this choreographed routine involving raising their arms at the right time and marching to different places and standing still.
You aren't allowed to talk or anything, unless you're running the shindig.
It's basically a bunch of that until the goat gets sacrificed, and then at least one of the members will have some sort of seizure or something, and it's overly dramatic.
It's kind of cool when the dude spontaneously catches on fire until they start walking between the acolytes and giving their 'blessing.'
Then there's the week of lost time afterwards where you have no idea what your body is being used for, or even which entity is using it. Almost got fired one time for that.
And you're bound to ruin a few outfits with random blood stains, tears, dirt marks.
3/10.
Sometimes we get to eat part of the goat though, but it's raw. So I guess that kind of makes up for the no food.
Here's a whole lot more detailed information with sources:
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-10-21/how-to-build-a-low-tech-solar-panel/
I was too curious:
Cove's device was a sort of thermocouple, and thus not based on newly-discovered natural processes or scientific principles. In the patent application the device was described as follows: A thermo-electric battery and appurtenances comprising a block of incombustible, non-conductive material, a series of pairs of elements comprising a plurality of elements formed of an alloy of antinomy and zinc, and a plurality of elements connecting said antinomy and zinc elements, said elements connecting said first-mentioned elements being alternatively of copper and of an alloy of nickel, copper and zinc.
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17744/22231
I think it would have played out roughly the same. Energy density of fossil fuels is ahead of everything, along with it's portability. Not to mention no one knew or cared about environmental issues then.
Might have made the transition easier though.
Yep that was my first thought.
Looks amazing to counter hair loss
Pretty sure they have to be together like a creme biscuit. You can't put one plate on the equator and one in Antarctica and generate infinite electricity