• @cuchilloc
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    1 month ago

    Steampunk is powered by magical non-heated water vapor motors rule.

    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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      111 month ago

      I mean…a steam engine is a heat engine that uses steam to transfer heat. So you can make a steam engine by getting basically anything “really hot” and running steam through it. This is the working principle behind solar thermal power plants (but not solar panels!). I.e., you don’t necessarily need coal or even a fossil fuel to build a steam engine.

      • @cuchilloc
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        61 month ago

        But if you put mirrors or magnifying glass as the heat source you lean too much towards solarpunk :)

        • @[email protected]
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          71 month ago

          If you do enough annoying wordplay to cause enough people to boil over with anger you can get Punpunk.

          • @cuchilloc
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            1 month ago

            But what feeds your punpunk motors? Gleecerine?

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              41 month ago

              Yeah but make sure you get the high mocktane stuff, too weak and you end up with punypunk.

      • @JayDee
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        61 month ago

        Yes, but the whole aesthetic of steam punk is fantastical machines that operate on Victorian-era technology, which would be coal-fire steam engines.