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• ViatorOmnium@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hydroelectric power stations still rely on steam, it’s just in another part of the cycle.

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  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What? Hydroelectric power stations use gravity and the falling or flowing water makes the turbines turn.

    Thermal plants (nuclear, coal, gas), including solar thermal plants, use steam.

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    • TheOctonaut@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      He means water vapour, ie the rain cycle.

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      • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s not steam, though.

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      • guy@piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Would not like to be the technician working on the hydrostation where part of the rain cycle is steam

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      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Ooooooooh.

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    • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They use steam condensed in a pressurized environment

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  • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And to be fair, those none steam sources, i.e. hydro, wind and solar are all just solar basically.

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