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Anonymous01/26/26, 18:26No.16899719Alternatives to electricity?
Are there comparable or superior alternatives to electricity for power delivery? How would technology look if there were?
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Anon01/26/26, 18:31No.16899727
magnets or some shit idk lol
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Anon01/26/26, 18:56No.16899738
I'm kinda disappointed we never had a proper steampunk era. Imagine running your household appliances off a centralized grid of pressurized steam.It is technically viable to have a network of pipes that you plug appliances into to drive pneumatic motors and whatnot. If you've ever been to a shop that had pneumatic power tools, imagine that but powering every appliance in your house.
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Anon01/26/26, 19:01No.16899741
There was some website that explored electronics-but-with-magnets, sure wish I could find it again.
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Anon01/27/26, 00:22No.16899902
Yes it's called redstone. It only exists in minecraft.More serious answer is no there isn't a superior alternative to electricity. History shows humans experimented with steam, mechanics, wind, and water power before electricity but they all had limitations. Electricity is nothing more than simply the movement of electrons and once humanity figured out electricity it was like discovering fire all over again.
>Can be turned off & off at will and is very controllable
>Scales from really small to really big
>Can convert into basically anything (light, motors, heat, audio, etc.)
>Energy source does not matter (coal, fossil fuels, solar, etc.)
>Moves at instantaneous speed
>Cheap and easy to understand
>Very reliable and requires little maintenance
I can go on and on, but it's insane on how perfect electricity is. It ranks up there with writing, agriculture, or metalworking. It's one of the things humanity will never forget due to it's usefulness and simplicity.