I had an idea for a dumb Star Trek meme, based on the episode where they explain how Romulan warp drives work, but extrapolating that to “it boils water and spins a turbine”. Maybe one of the Star Trek memers can take this and run with it?
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thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoBecause it feels archaic and inefficient, maybe?
We also have developed solar panels, wind turbines, hydro-electric dams as well as tidal/wave energy devices in the intervening years - so adding another method to boil water just feels “outdated”.
I’m not trying to cast judgement myself, just trying to explain that it feels like it’s just “vibes based”.
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Tiral@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You mean black holes as a power source?
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Yeah, the black hole one. Like, they use the heat generated by the black hole to boil water, spin thingy. Super dumb, could be funny!
vithigar@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Three of your four examples are already outputting mechanical energy of motion so don’t need the intervening conversion step provided by steam.
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Take a look at a modern supercritical steam turbine, this thing can run on 600C steam. there’s nothing archaic about it (it can be more efficient as a part of combined cycle)
Hydropower and windmills are older than steam