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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They literally use that shit to power steam engines! Now imagine what it does to your insides. Nasty, nasty stuff.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Dont forget it is a key component in both hydrochloric acid and making nuclear power plants operate.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

And its much more dangerous to try to breathe than carbon monoxide.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Water? Don't touch the stuff.. fish fuck in it

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry but as a technicality none of the power used in a steam engine is derived from the dihydrogen monoxide. The chemical compound is used as a medium to turn thermal energy into kinetic energy. The thermal energy, likewise, is usually obtained from another source such as chemical, nuclear, or photovoltaic.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Good luck running your steam engine without it!

Also:

tidal

Pretty sure there aren't moon-powered trains, bro, but nice try.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

Good luck running your steam engine without it!

Its actually pretty common practice when restoring a steam engine to run it on compressed air to test it's a ability to hold the amount of pressure it needs to. Much less of a catastrophic failure if compressed air leaks out without warning than 400° steam

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A steam engine can also be used to generate power, or to operate mechanical indistrial equipment like rock crushers or pumps, as a stationary device, but in hindsight the tidal power probably never gets that hot. The engine for moving trains could also be powered by electricity from wind or tidal, though I don't think there are any practical examples.