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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Geothermal power still uses steam to generate electricity. It's steams all the way down.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Steam isn't the energy source tho, just a transfer mechanism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Same for all the others like coal and nuclear though. So that's a dumb distinction to try to make.

Steam is always just a transfer mechanism if it's part of the power generation

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Then why focus on steam specifically, why not other required intermediaries, like turbines, the storage mechanism.

The main meaningful distinction in energy generation is the root sources of the energy, nuclear, wind, hydro, etc. All of those share similar conversion methods and intermediary forms, but have different sources.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Because it's a funny fucking meme my dude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Hence the meme. Because almost everything uses steam.

Any other jokes you want to break down for no reason?