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  • That doesn’t seem right… A renewable power source turns into heat regardless if it’s used or not.

    If you build hydropower for example and generate electricity, that power will certainly turn into heat in the end, but if you don’t build hydro power, the potential energy of that water will just turn into heat sooner.

    Same thing with biomass: if you leave the forest alone, trees will go through their natural life cycle, die, biodegrade and turn into heat all the same.

    Isn’t this basically the first law of thermodynamics?