• unalivejoy
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    192 days ago

    That comes from the energy from earth’s rotation. That energy is left over from the formation of the sun.

      • @[email protected]
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        117 hours ago

        Erm, the solar system formed because of the sun

        Where do you think that solar accretion disk went to?

        • @[email protected]
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          217 hours ago

          Erm, the sun was formed in the center of a nebula and the planets formed out of the remaining mass that didn’t collapse into the sun. Yes, the gravity of the sun influenced how the remaining mass interacted and formed into planets with rotation, but it is not wholly a direct result of the sun itself, rather the angular momentum of the original nebula.

        • @[email protected]
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          117 hours ago

          lol this is so pedantic it’s mindbogglingly fun. I would argue you’re confusing “gravitational effects” with what people are describing as “the sun’s output from nuclear fusion”.

    • @[email protected]
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      72 days ago

      Plus nuclear wouldn’t work without fissionable elements, which wouldn’t be here without supernovae aka dying suns.

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        71 day ago

        Which is why we need to finally develop fusion, to free us from the tyranny of power of stellar origin!

        …if you ignore the fact that fusion is basically replicating what a star does, that is

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          422 hours ago

          “Watch and dispair, oh mighty stars, how we have enslaved your children to release us from your tyranny!”