From EarthTechling's Beth Buczynski:Steam can be used to power all sorts of things, and has for centuries. While using steam as a power source is relatively benign for the planet, the process of making steam it quite energy intensive. In most cases, a fossil fuel like coal or gas is burned in order to heat water in a container.

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