Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1473arrow-down113
arrow-up1460arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoWe heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.
minus-squareCJOtheReal@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoWe heat homes by heating water and putting the hot water through pipes into wall mounted iron tanks so that the water cools down again…
minus-squareBandoCalrissian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoNot everyone uses radiators. My system is a forced air furnace.
minus-squarescifu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoWe heat water molecules in air.
minus-squarerimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFloor heating is state of the art here, no radiators. Water pipes in screed.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNot only water as per the original comment. You need heat to smelt ore and do any number of industrial things to progress society.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoBut then you quench that ore in water! It’s just heating water with extra steps!
We heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.
We heat homes by heating water and putting the hot water through pipes into wall mounted iron tanks so that the water cools down again…
Not everyone uses radiators. My system is a forced air furnace.
We heat water molecules in air.
Floor heating is state of the art here, no radiators. Water pipes in screed.
Fireplaces?
And water
Not only water as per the original comment. You need heat to smelt ore and do any number of industrial things to progress society.
But then you quench that ore in water! It’s just heating water with extra steps!
We smelting water tonight?