Burinn wrote:They don't use steam to make power anymore lol?... It's all coal and natural gas.
Off topic, but i'd like to educate:
Gas and coal are the HEATSOURCES used to give ENERGY to the steam, that is used to generate power over a steam turbine. Gas can be combined with a gasturbine for more efficiency, or used standalone, but that's rare, due to low returns.
Heck, even nuclear power is used to heat up water,into steam, for electricity.
Funny fact, even though you'd never say, we're a steampunk society, indirectly. We look really sophisticated, but we're pretty backwatered and old fashioned, once you take off the pretty panels we use to cover it all up. (metaphorically speaking)
However: green energy is making a huge uprising, and I mean huge, to the point where it makes up about 20% of energy uses in some places / countries. This is relevant because most forms of solar, wind, and water energy don't use steam (There's one or two exceptions I could think of).
For instance, Germany is currently powerhousing the heck out of solar energy.
let's just say that about 80 - 98% of all electricity in the world, is made by steam. (just a rough estimation of yours truly)
/rant
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