• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Steam engines.

    The vast majority of our power comes from making something really hot and boiling water. Coal plant? Oil plant? Gas plant? Nuclear fission plant? Geothermal plant? The grand holy grail of energy production that would be a nuclear fusion plant? All steam engines.

    Yes, unbeknownst to everyone, this is what a steampunk society realistically looks like.

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      16 hours ago

      We made steampunk a reality by developing the technology to transfer steam power efficiently over long distances through metal wires.