I think people fail to grasp the weight of the situation most of the time. The photons left the star ~few million years ago. The only reason there is life on earth is that there is an gradient of energy between the sun and outer galaxy. Yes, earth managed to store a few billion petawatts through photosynthesis. But we are now a bare society nearly with out any reserves. Every friking atom in your body was initially charged by that fusion - and now the stored photons are running low and we are just scrambling to figure out where to get more.
Sir, I am made of energy from ultra processed foods and coffee.
I don’t know why you’re getting down voted. This is more than a shower thought, understanding this and exploring the ramifications of it will change your life. I’m serious.
Albedo, black body radiation, energy gradients, inverse square law. Learn about that stuff.
On the rock there’s a thin layer of slime that changes the albedo of the rock. It redshifts the light that emanates from it just a little bit. But that little red shift, that light that radiates in a slightly higher entropy state, that difference accounts for the entire biosphere, and all the attendant beauty that comes along with that. You love your mother with that energy.
It makes me wonder, are we really separate from the sun?
Because people on Lemmy don’t have enough chill.
You shouldn’t smoke weed in the shower.
I just wanna know where he gets his shit; it seems like it’s some fire.
I guess I’m kind of getting the overall point you’re trying to convey, but god dammit did you really had to butcher physics like that to get there?
