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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 274 points 3 days ago (59 children)

Every damn power plant is a glorified steam engine

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Hydro isn't. Nor is solar photo voltaic, wind, or tidal, but yeah, nearly everything else is. In a combined-cycle natural gas or diesel plant half of the power generated isn't steam power, but the other half is.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 3 days ago

for ccgt it's more like 2/3 for gas turbine, 1/3 for steam turbine split, even more uneven for diesel/steam because diesel exhaust is much colder

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