It’s been more than 200 years since the widespread implementation of the steam engine.
Why is this still the most prevalent means of producing electricity? With things like fusion reactors, why is it so hard to convert the thermal energy into electrical energy?
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It’s simple, efficient, and cheap.
Make water hot -> steam runs a turbine -> electricity -> steam turns back into water.
It works at all times, in all weather. The water used can be reused.
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