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Old 03-08-2013, 01:31 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sheepdog 44 View Post
This is actually a real concept. Water under high current and voltage will vaporize and expand violently into steam. The expansion is where the motive energy comes from, not compression.
Sure. That's what happens when a tree gets hit by lightning, for instance. But the problem with using it as a source of motive power is that it's inherently less efficient - basic thermodynamics - than using the same amount of electricity to turn an electric motor.
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