Cartoon of the Week -- Electricity, Electricity
12 years ago
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In the past, I've spotlighted Schoolhouse Rock's Multiplication Rock and Grammar Rock. Now how about a little Science Rock?
(People with epilepsy may want to avoid watching this video.)
(People with epilepsy may want to avoid watching this video.)
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(That's the bit that says, by logical progression, Superman would save the maximum number of lives by simply turning a generator 24/7 and acting as a source of cheap, unlimited power).
The one slightly inaccurate bit is that not all power is generated by fire heating water. Hydroelectrics generate it by flowing water over turbines, and of course, windmills have been simple power generators for a *LONG* time in the rural parts of the world. (Yes, they were directly used as a source of electricity as well as mechanical energy, before things like FDR's Rural Electrification program got power to every corner of the country).
Whew! Yeah, I'm severely educated.