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Default OT-ish: "Powerwall" - will change the way the world uses energy

Davey wrote:
What do they use for those
long-range satellites, like Voyager?


The Voyager satelllites used the heat from radioactiuve decay of
plutonium and thermocouples. It wasn't weapons grade plutonium but if
you tried that at home I think you'd soon make some new acquaintances
early one morning
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