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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 80 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the meme using the Donnie Darko psychologist template.

Donnie: I made a new form of power generation.

Psychologist: New or steam?

Donnie: Steam...

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 12 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Steam implies water! What if we used some OTHER phase-change working fluid? :D

||(No idea what, though. my question is implied with a playful tone and is at least 50% facetious; any actual discussion that might result would be little more than a pleasant coincidence)||

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You want to see weird water look up super critical boilers. That stuff was nasty. A regular steam leak will set things on fire. That stuff would explode a broom. We looked for the leaks with straw brooms. You can't see steam in normal conditions. Only its effects.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Blech, I've heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Well, now this is on my list of invisible things that scare me:

  • Radiation
  • Methanol fires
  • Supercritical steam jets
[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)
  • Predators with cloaking devices
[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation...filling your boots etc.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

Molten salt?

We can then use compressed CO2 in the place of steam to drive the turbine.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

Like Dr. Pepper?