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Hydro is just a steam engine at non-steam temperatures.
by cbozeman 4y ago
Hydro is just a steam engine at non-steam temperatures.
- computerfriend 4y agoAnd wind is just a steam engine with less steam.
- ksaxena 4y agoAnd Solar is just a steam engine with less steam, and less engine.
- eptcyka 4y agoNo, hydro is mostly solar - the water wouldn't be flowing downwards to the sea if it wasn't for weather caused by the sun. Solar isn't less steam and less engine, it's literally just solar, whereas everything else but geothermal and nuclear is solar with more steps. Natural gas and oil is just solar stored in paleo compost.
- johnchristopher 4y agoIsn't hydro more like gravity ?
- baq 4y agoYeah it’s useful to have gravity on your side if your steam is liquid.
- snovv_crash 4y agoHydro just uses gravity to make the pressure for the turbine instead of heat + phase change.