Eli5: If we had steam powered trains back in the day, why didn’t steam become a common “clean” energy source? Why did it die out?

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Eli5: If we had steam powered trains back in the day, why didn’t steam become a common “clean” energy source? Why did it die out?

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Steam doesn’t just appear. It has to be made by burning something.

Nuclear power plants are still just a complicated way to make steam.

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