Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down112
arrow-up1448arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoWe heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.
minus-squareCJOtheReal@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months 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-up7·11 months agoNot everyone uses radiators. My system is a forced air furnace.
minus-squarescifu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 months agoWe heat water molecules in air.
minus-squarerimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoFloor heating is state of the art here, no radiators. Water pipes in screed.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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-211 months 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
We smelting water tonight?
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!