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minus-squarewia@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoSolar, wind, tidal, RTG, DEC fusion are all options without steam
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoDoes hydropower count as cold steam? Well I guess all wind power is also steam at a very low concentration heated by a fusion reaction.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoHydropower gets its energy from evaporated water rising to the big steam in the sky.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours agothe steam part is in the rest of hydrological cycle
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoWind and tidal is still just turbines.
minus-squareDahGangalang@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoYeah. 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
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoWe never moved away from windmills basically. Only solar is completely different, besides niche impractical things like piezo crystals
Solar, wind, tidal, RTG, DEC fusion are all options without steam
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.
Hydropower gets its energy from evaporated water rising to the big steam in the sky.
the steam part is in the rest of hydrological cycle
Wind and tidal is still just turbines.
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
We never moved away from windmills basically. Only solar is completely different, besides niche impractical things like piezo crystals