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Refiner
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a person, device, or substance that removes impurities, sediment, or other unwanted matter from something
It "cleans" fossil fuels |
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Inertia
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With regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness
There's inertial power |
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Ohm
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SI unit of electrical resistance, defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere
eg. ohm's law is used when creating new green technology |
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Heliostat
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instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction
It could be used to reflect the suns' ray onto a solar panels |
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fission
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The splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy.
A nucleur reactor uses fisssion |
