Message from @DaveyJones
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current solar cells only receive and transmit over infra-red spectrum...not full spectrum
yeah thats why most solar cells are also thermal
double up on power generation through two methods at once
they're basically diodes
lol uknow u could hack together a tabletop sized nuclear reactor
with a bunch of tritium vials sandwiched between solar cells
not without a knock at your door lol
^^ safe and legal
ooOoo
can you sauce me that?
tritium is a sort of gas that glows in the dark
fishermen use it on their floats n stuff
not really...it's illegal to sell tritium in the usa, but it's grey line on buying it outside of the usa and having it shipped to the usa
it;s got a halflife of like 15 years or something
radium is cheaper
yeah but needs to be charged
nope
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radium is radioactive
ur thinking of glow in the dark paint that is organic based phosphorous
u'd need a ton of it to do anything useful, and that would be enough to be dangerous i think
actually...not a lot...maybe a pound
a pound sounds like a shitload
neutron fusion reactor just needs a neutron feed source
oh i wonder if he is referencing the rods of god?
i would think the irdium and beryllium would be alot harder to get a hold of than most radioactive isotopes
yeah see that all sounds a lot more complicated then some tritium vials and solar cells 😛
i wonder how much power u could get out of chem lights
most nuke batteries use thermal decay to generate power
via TEC
