why is it that all electricity generation revolves around finde a way to boil water and turn a turbine more efficent

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Why do human electricity generation so focused on efficently boiling water and turning a turbine with it. do we have other ways of generating electricity every power plant i know (coal gas nuclear) does the turbine method ? And why is boiling water and turning a turbine with it so great ?

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All of the power plants you mention (Coal, Gas and Nuclear) are based on generating heat and then turning that heat into electricity. Using the heat to boil water and then having the boiled steam turn a turbine is a simple, efficient way to turn heat into electricity.

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