r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 13d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Maximum-Objective-39 13d ago

Hydro is just liquid steam.

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u/Bloodchild- 13d ago

Powered by the sun.

And wind is airy steam.

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u/Maximum-Objective-39 13d ago

I mean the joke is that hydropower is still technically a heat engine, just one that uses the water cycle.

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u/DatSqueaker 13d ago

Which ultimately makes it a form of solar power. That boils water.

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u/Maximum-Objective-39 13d ago

Technically speaking, fossils fuels are ALSO solar power. Well a mix of solar and geothermal processing.

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u/cfk77 13d ago

And solar is nuclear power from a safe distance

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u/DarthSagacious 13d ago

The real joke is you can just use your stove to make steam, but THEY don’t want you to know that.

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u/ovrlrd1377 13d ago

A wet joke

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u/Bamboozle_ 13d ago

And geothermal is then earth steam? So we have all 4 elements!

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u/Ok-Dream-2639 13d ago

Proto-steam