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minus-squareAkh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI love that deep down, coal, gas, nuclear, this thing… all done to heat water, make steam, use steam to turn turbines…. We are just in a steampunk universe
minus-squareLurkingLuddite@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSolar panel projects, which many have outstripped this and other projects in power limitations, do not boil water to generate electricity.
minus-squarelauha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd wind turbines, and hydroelectric plants. But all but solar cells are pretty much turbines all the way down
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoHydroelectric power stations still rely on steam, it’s just in another part of the cycle.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoWhat? Hydroelectric power stations use gravity and the falling or flowing water makes the turbines turn. No steam. Thermal plants (nuclear, coal, gas), including solar thermal plants, use steam.
minus-squareTheOctonaut@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoHe means water vapour, ie the rain cycle.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoThat’s not steam, though.
minus-squareAll Ice In Chains@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoIt probably was at some point.
minus-squareTheOctonaut@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoI didn’t say it was a good quip
I love that deep down, coal, gas, nuclear, this thing… all done to heat water, make steam, use steam to turn turbines…. We are just in a steampunk universe
Solar panel projects, which many have outstripped this and other projects in power limitations, do not boil water to generate electricity.
And wind turbines, and hydroelectric plants.
But all but solar cells are pretty much turbines all the way down
Hydroelectric power stations still rely on steam, it’s just in another part of the cycle.
What? Hydroelectric power stations use gravity and the falling or flowing water makes the turbines turn. No steam.
Thermal plants (nuclear, coal, gas), including solar thermal plants, use steam.
He means water vapour, ie the rain cycle.
That’s not steam, though.
It probably was at some point.
I didn’t say it was a good quip
Always has been.