• someguy3
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    2 years ago

    We heat homes, smelt ore, many industrial things.

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        2 years ago

        Not only water as per the original comment. You need heat to smelt ore and do any number of industrial things to progress society.

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          But then you quench that ore in water! It’s just heating water with extra steps!