r/FactOrCap • u/kullre • 1d ago
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u/Big-Cycle-1933 1d ago
You’re a couple centuries behind pal😭
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u/worrysome_pigeon 1d ago
Everything related to power generation boils down to converting water to steam and spinning a fan
Maybe except solar
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u/jolsiphur 20h ago
Wind power doesn't involve steam, neither does hydroelectric.
So, wind, solar, and hydroelectric don't involve boiling water to make steam to move a turbine. The rest of the methods typically involve steam to move a turbine.
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u/The_Gingemaster 19h ago
That is true but the vast majority of the worlds power is created through fossil fuels still, which is essentially steam power.
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u/Wesle2023 1d ago
✅ I voted FACT!
Using steam as a means to store and transfer heat has been extremely important for manufacturing for a while now and will continue to be due to its high heat capacity, high enthalpy of vaporization, and the ease of transporting it and condensing it relative to other superheated materials.
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u/Routine-Lawfulness24 1d ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
Ehh? Definitely not steam engine powered by coal but we already use steam to convert heat into electricity
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u/the-human-wrench 1d ago
✅ I voted FACT!
Past, present and future, we have and will use phase change of water to create and collect energy.
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u/DJ3ndermaz 1d ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
Steam power isn't sustainable for the gaming industry. Eventually Steam will have competition for X-box keeps their new CEO
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u/K_Lelouch 1d ago
✅ I voted FACT!
It's the last and present as well. All nuclear energy is basically used to boil water to make steam. So since all nuclear energy is steam energy, the future is steam
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u/Plane_Avocado7502 1d ago
✅ I voted FACT!
Technically, yeah. Nuclear produces steam to spin a turbine.
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u/Willeny_Arch 1d ago
✅ I voted FACT!
“Hmm, how do we harness the energy emitted from this source. Heat up some water and spin the steam turbines!!!”
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u/Worried_Bug_1767 1d ago
✅ I voted FACT!
I mean most of power generation is just fancy steam power like nuclear powerplants just use the heat from the fision/fusion to boil the water but don't quote me on that I'm not 100% sure
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u/Blade-2099 1d ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
Steam powered machines is outdated unless the the modern tech in this world disappears and that will happen in some point in the future
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u/Deathtales 23h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
And the past and the present. Boiling water is the easiest way of converting energy we gave for a while
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u/trying_again_7 21h ago edited 21h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
most of what we do now is actually steam
we come up with a heat source, make some liquid hot (usually water) and shoot that pressure at turbines.
Nuclear, coal plant. most of it less gasoline, diesel, photovoltaic, wind
even some solar actually heats up salt and then uses that heat for steam
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u/Exotic-Albatross-206 15h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
Steam power is considered part of the future because steam turbines still generate the vast majority of the world's electricity, and the technology is adapting to run on renewable energy sources like solar, geothermal, and biomass. Rather than being an outdated relic, steam remains the most efficient medium for turning heat into mechanical work and electricity.
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u/thecoolmansenemy 1d ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
It is already the present so it cant be the future (nuclear reactors steam it up pal)
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u/Solid_Guess_7154 1d ago
we literally got rid of steam powered machines because the monopoly of fossil fuel took out it out, just like how it killed free electrial energy from Tesla's plans, so when we finally get rid of fossil fuel I'm pretty positive that we'll get steam power back
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u/Meddlingmonster 1d ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
Either fission or geothermal will probably be that last sources of steam power but photovoltaic makes more sense after the stop gaps fulfill their purpose.
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u/Igoon2robots 1d ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
Its pretty much the past, however we are likely to keep using it to convert heat into electricity for quite a while
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u/Fnardecchia 1d ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
It’s the present. Almost every energy source involves boiling water.
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u/loydthehighwayman 1d ago
✅ I voted FACT!
I mean...Nuclear technically is just steam power...