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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Steam is used because it’s a great tool for converting thermal to mechanical energy (which then drives generators).
Other methods exits for direct electrical generation (fuel cells, radio isotope thermal generators, etc) but few are cost effective at scale.
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