>>108610282
yes, solar and wind can do that. also nuclear can be used without water turbines.

Solar power just turns sunlight directly into electricity. And even then only photovoltaic panels do this, some solar plants are just... more water boilers.

>>108610282
no, no need for a downgrade

>>108610282
The only other method is to make a miniature sun and wrap it in solar panels.

>>108610292
wind is caused by boiling water moving, sun is moved by boiling water warming the sun
try again

>>108610282
All the methods of electricity generation that aren't about boiling water or moving water are shit.

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>>108610282
No need. We have plenty of water.

>>108610282
Direct radiation to electricity cells do exist.
They are less efficient and more expensive than boiling water.

>>108610585
At that scale it's once again better to wrap it in boiling water.

Sand "batteries" seem neat. Basically you heat sand instead of water. Your can heat sand to way higher temps than water and it doesn't degrade. Some industrial applications already exist in Finland

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>>108610615
sand? I've heard of sodium being used like pic related, these things I've read that they heat up and stay warm all night to produce electricity continuously

>>108610282
Trick question.
Boiling water is not a mode of energy production, it is a mode of conversion of already produced thermal energy into mechanical energy.

>>108610598
Seawater is fine for cooling but it can't be used to turn the turbines.

>>108610641
Seawater corrodes metal pipes and the heat dispersed into the ocean disturbs the local ecosystem

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>>108610651

>>108610282
I think you mean spinning a turbine. Most energy production methods involve spinning a turbine. Some of them use boiling water to spin the turbine, others don't, like hydro, wind, natural gas (although it does boil water in combined cycle), tidal power. Solar is one of the only types of power that doesn't involve any turbines, unless its the the type that concentrates sunlight to boil water.

We have, they just lower efficiency.

>>108610502
This. Ayylium/robot niggers in space WISH they could afford to use so much water.

>>108610282
sure, just invent another method that is cheaper and more efficient and the economy will jump on it in a heartbeat

what if we harvest electrons directly from the atoms?

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>>108610589
>sun is moved by boiling water warming the sun

>>108610282
Steam turbines will be replaced by supercritical CO2 turbines.
They are much smaller (so eventually will become cheaper to build) and have better thermal efficiency.

Too bad water has the highest specific heat of any useful fluid. Perhaps you could try molten lithium or hydrogen, but engineering around those will be a pain in the ass.

>>108610282
you can make a big conductor net out in space to harvest energy from solar wind
you can boil stuff other than water like CO2
nuclear fusion is supposed to get electricity from plasma somehow
it's just that we've gotten really good at boiling water and it will take a while to fill out the tech trees for other stuff
the real question is whether we can make turbines that don't rely on magnets

>>108610589
>sun is moved by boiling water warming the sun
lmao

>>108610798
they dont really have better thermal efficiency per se, they are better in the temps range many power plants operate
>>108610836
the idea of using co2 is that you dont boil it at all, boiling and condensing are not really productive conversions.

>>108610940
Thermal efficiency depends on the temperature.
Just like gas turbines, sCO2 turbines can run at higher temperatures than steam turbines.

>>108610615
>Your can heat sand to way higher temps than water
that makes no sense. the sand would melt and become glass retard. water can hold unlimited heat and when have you ever heard of water "degrading"?
nigga you think its gonna break?

>>108610292
ok now try with only real methods of power production

>>108610589
This was my favorite post in the last 30 days.

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>>108610282
the chinks might be up to something

>>108611111

Makes no sense to your dumb brain. Nice quints tho

>noooo you can't just exploit this loophole in physics to get OP energy production... you just CAN'T, OK????
just look at the composition of the universe
all advanced life forms will exploit water.

boiling blood as the machines no longer have a use for us

>>108610282
Every single inventor and scientist who ever tried exploring alternative energy routes got whacked by TPTB

>>108611083
if you go higher temps steam makes sense again, they can do supercritical cycle too
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical_steam_generator

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>>108610675
>*gunks you*

>>108610282
I don't know anon, something that expands 1000% just by heating it up is a pretty good way to make mechanical energy out of heat. Doesn't matter how you make the heat. Doesn't hurt water is a lot more common in the universe than we thought previously.

>>108610765
the protons would not be very happy about it

>>108610615
>Your can heat sand to way higher temps than water
Boiling point is relative to pressure. Water heated to 100C in a sealed container produces steam and thus pressure, raising its boiling point. It's how pressure cookers work.

In the vacuum of space you wouldn't freeze because there's nowhere for your bodyheat to be transferred to, but you'd immediately begin boiling alive :3c

>>108611111
>the sand would melt
Yeah and then you boil it

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>>108610282
yeah but they're kinda gimmicky
maybe we're in a micoverse powering someones headlights

>>108615328
Solar freakin' roadways!

>>108610282
What for? Why bother doing it?

we can do it when we can make the sun

until then you boil water

>>108614728
What lil petey gon do?