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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It is the same reason why we stick to round shaped wheels rather than lets say square or triangle shaped wheel. Sometimes theres that one best solution to a given problem. In this case, while there are many ways to generate electricity, the best way is by spinning a generator really fast.

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