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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 24 points 1 week ago

It's not really a problem, it's just funny that so many forms of power generation we have are just boiling water to make steam that spins turbines.

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

It only feels odd because that is genuinely an incredibly effective means of generation, and we found it very early on because steam is so fundamental. Nothing wrong with sticking to the best method ever discovered.

and we found it very early on

just FYI, the electrochemical battery was invented in 1800, while electromechanical generator was invented in around 1866.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 1 week ago

Eh, we're still moving electrons around in wires like Faraday did in the 1800s!

[-] kossa@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Solar concentration is boiling some other liquid, so there's some variance ๐Ÿ˜…

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