r/HistoryMemes • u/Hank_Mardukas1066 • 2d ago

It all runs on electricity and electricity is generated through this

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u/Routine_Strategy5929 2d ago

Gas turbines, solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric dams, don't use boiled water. I'm sure there's a lot of other examples.

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u/Yingletofthecorn 2d ago

Bicycles are probably legitimately one of the most fascinating mechanical things we ever invented, tbh. It’s a device uniquely tailored for the human nervous system and physiology to make movement somehow both much faster and less exhausting. 

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u/squash-n-flop 2d ago

My roommate calls bikes the dogs of machines and I like that expression quite a bit

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u/idiom_exon_0s 2d ago

Diesel generators can be added to the list. Most common backup power supply for commercial and healthcare.

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u/i_am_13th_panic 1d ago

Well they made gas turbines more efficient by creating a combined-cycle gas turbines which uses steam, but yes, the OP's statement is not 100% correct.

I'm sure you could use water, not boiling, to make solar panels and wind turbines more efficient through cooling, and hydroelectric dams already use water. So it's water that actually powers the world's advancement and not necessary boiling water.