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ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
He means water vapour, ie the rain cycle.

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- Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That’s not steam, though.
  
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  - TheOctonaut@piefed.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I didn’t say it was a good quip
    
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  - anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It probably was at some point.
    
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- guy@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨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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  - anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Another couple decades of oil wars and we’ll get there.
    
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- ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Ooooooooh.
  
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Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
They use steam condensed in a pressurized environment

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