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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant

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301 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 02:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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valorzard ◴[26 Aug 25 17:33 UTC] No.45029727[source]▶
Japan seems to really be into osmotic pressure for whatever reason. It reminds me how in Splatoon, the reason given for why the character die when they touch water is osmotic pressure and there's a whole scientific explanation about it.[1] However, that all got cut out in the international localization for some reason.

Maybe there's a cultural reason why Japan is more aware this is a thing that exists? Dunno

[1] https://youtu.be/N3bn57twbHM?si=nmxVjFPaeaxlTqyk

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1. numpad0 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:08 UTC] No.45038551[source]▶
It's routinely featured in Japanese equivalent of SAT tests. So anyone with a high school diploma at least have heard about it, most with a degree from a Japanese university have made attempts to solve a quiz involving it, and anyone with any degree from any of national universities have solved a question on that topic at least once.