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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Mechanical generation isn’t really about boiling water, it’s about getting something to spin, water and steam are an easy option.
So everything from coal, to nuclear end up being heat water up, steam makes a thing spin, electricity.
You could do this with a variety of things, refrigerants… Even propane or ethanol, but why bother when water is plentiful, cheap, non toxic and easy to obtain and store.
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