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[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Hydropower gets its energy from evaporated water rising to the big steam in the sky.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 5 points 18 hours ago

the steam part is in the rest of hydrological cycle

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wind and tidal is still just turbines.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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!

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 21 hours ago

We never moved away from windmills basically. Only solar is completely different, besides niche impractical things like piezo crystals