[With the patience of a person explaining a basic concept to a person who doesn't seem to get it:] Electricity is an energy source in this case, but it is not powered by something else, per se. Rather, it exists in my multiverse as a set of phenomena governing certain interactions between subatomic particles. Devices that use electricity as power simply harness the effects of these phenomena.
Electricity is generally delivered as a current to a mechanism that requires it to function; in Luceti, you might be familiar with it existing as mains power, accessible via the electrical sockets in the walls. Terran electrical delivery systems are capable of delivering power wirelessly, but beyond that the principle is must the same. [Robert still isn't sure how the Malnosso distribute the electricity properly, though. He hasn't seen much in the way of cabling systems.]
In the case of solar power, it is a method of using light from a star - in this case, Sol, my planet's star - to produce electricity by means of mimicking photosynthesis artificially, or with photovoltaic materials - that is, materials that produce electrical currents when struck with photons from light. [The actual explanation for all of it isn't Robert's field, but he'll explain as much as he can if he's asked.]
Yes, more or less... There are separate planetary databases as well, that have many redundant backups so that their data will not be lost even in the event of multiple crashes and the like, and their data are accessible through the Internet - but much of the information in the Internet is in transit and not necessarily stored at any one location for very long.
The journal system seems, on some levels, similar to that of the Internet, though I am not certain how much of this similarity is only on the surface.
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Electricity is generally delivered as a current to a mechanism that requires it to function; in Luceti, you might be familiar with it existing as mains power, accessible via the electrical sockets in the walls. Terran electrical delivery systems are capable of delivering power wirelessly, but beyond that the principle is must the same. [Robert still isn't sure how the Malnosso distribute the electricity properly, though. He hasn't seen much in the way of cabling systems.]
In the case of solar power, it is a method of using light from a star - in this case, Sol, my planet's star - to produce electricity by means of mimicking photosynthesis artificially, or with photovoltaic materials - that is, materials that produce electrical currents when struck with photons from light. [The actual explanation for all of it isn't Robert's field, but he'll explain as much as he can if he's asked.]
Yes, more or less... There are separate planetary databases as well, that have many redundant backups so that their data will not be lost even in the event of multiple crashes and the like, and their data are accessible through the Internet - but much of the information in the Internet is in transit and not necessarily stored at any one location for very long.
The journal system seems, on some levels, similar to that of the Internet, though I am not certain how much of this similarity is only on the surface.