• EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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    1 year ago

    I mean, you can just put a shitload of PV cells onto a pane of glass and wire them together. Or you can just buy panels, which'll be better and cheaper.

    • edge [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      How do you make a PV cell though? "Design a solar power generator" to me sounds like it would include creating the PV cells, since they're the part that actually turns sunlight into electricity.

      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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        1 year ago

        Nah, these type of people never think that deeply about stuff, and nobody who does would claim they could redesign the wheel in 5 minutes. This person probably hasn't even really thought about our researched solar generators to any significant depth, they're just trying to sound smart to justify their misanthropic behaviour. Being a jerk is much cooler if you're a gigagenius, so they want to act like the Sigma male badass science genius they dream of being.