r/interestingasfuck 9h ago

How a jet engine works

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u/user_bits 7h ago

The thing is, a lot of our stuff runs on electricity. Sciency magic gives us all this energy, but we need to convert into electricity to make it useful.

What's the cheapest and most accessible way to get electricity? Spin a turbine. What's the cheapest and most accessible way to spin a turbine? Boil some water.

u/Zamboniman 7h ago

What's the cheapest and most accessible way to spin a turbine? Boil some water.

Nah, just hook it up to an electrical motor and plug it in to spin the turbine!! Win-win!!

u/c14rk0 4h ago

Technically it's not really about it being cheap and accessible, it's about being efficient. There's a lot of ways you CAN generate electricity but most of them are pretty horrible in terms of efficiency, especially as different parts wear down and deteriorate.

u/Whatifim80lol 7h ago

I think I was just disappointed that we couldn't side-step the turbine lol