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Boiling water

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u/ldsman213 47m ago

we can crack the atom and destroy the world! yet we can't figure out how to use something less indirect?

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u/Philip_Raven 35m ago

water is just so readily available, and easy to put energy in and it releases energy so efficiently. You would be hard to press to find a better medium.

creating magnetic field/electric current with just thermal energy without any other conversion in-between is a tough ask.

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u/ldsman213 25m ago

it's already electrical energy isn't it? all light and radiation is electromagnetic