• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    1 month 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.

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      1 month 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.

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 month ago

        and we found it very early on

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