Even as the fusion era dawns, we’re still in the Steam Age
- Written by: Andreas Helwig, Associate Professor, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland
SmartS/ShutterstockSteam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines.
Many of us think the age of steam has ended. But while the steam engine has been superseded by internal combustion engines and now electric motors, the modern world still relies on steam....
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