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 hits a very fine line of ease of use and efficiency. After you get the steam it’s all fairly standard how you move that around to spin the turbine. Water is abundant and after it’s used for steam it winds up coming back down as rain.
We do have other ways of generating electricity, such as hydroelectric, which uses the natural movement of water to spin a wheel. Or using the steam through a piston to generate that rotation as well. Then you have wind turbines and solar which don’t use water or steam at all.
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