• wia@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Solar, wind, tidal, RTG, DEC fusion are all options without steam

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      Does hydropower count as cold steam?

      Well I guess all wind power is also steam at a very low concentration heated by a fusion reaction.

      • DahGangalang@infosec.pub
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        Yeah. One uses the passage of a gas over rotating blades. The other uses water as it flows.

        Neither use the passage of gaseous water, so theyre totally different!

        /s

        • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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          We never moved away from windmills basically. Only solar is completely different, besides niche impractical things like piezo crystals