• PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    It only feels odd because that is genuinely an incredibly effective means of generation, and we found it very early on because steam is so fundamental. Nothing wrong with sticking to the best method ever discovered.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 hour ago

      and we found it very early on

      just FYI, the electrochemical battery was invented in 1800, while electromechanical generator was invented in around 1866.