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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

You can boil water with water by using the electricity from hydro power to power your kettle.

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You can boil water with water by using the electricity from hydro power to power your kettle.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

You have probably done it without even noticing. The modern world is clearly miraculous.

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I mean, the vast majority of our electricity (or at least fossil-fuel powered) is essentially “burn stuff to boil water, use steam to power turbine”.

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