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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 127 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Water and steam just too goddamn convenient. Super high latent heat so it can move a ton of energy with a quick phase change, works at reasonable pressures and temperatures, stays liquid all the time when you want it to so pumps work, and it's so readily available as to be damn near free. Super cool!

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 5 months ago (1 children)

also almost non-corrosive, non-toxic, doesn't damage ozone layer, zero global warming potential, non-flammable etc (lots of organic rankine cycle fluids fail one or more of these. tradeoff is utilization of lower temperature sources)

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[–] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It’s great for nuclear reactors. Hot rock make turbine go brrr

[–] Steve@startrek.website 8 points 5 months ago

Best explanation of nuclear energy I’ve ever heard

[–] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

nah not solar, the energy comes not from Sol the star, but from dead stars of past.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Him: Our sun is a nuclear reactor too.

You: Our nuclear reactors are made of dead suns.

Both right, yet disagreeing.