And some fusion is direct to current in coils. The z-pinch style approaches mainly.

And zapping birds!

that's why IMHO it's more important to classify the core coupling mechanism (e.g. photoelectric effect, electromagnetic effect) instead of classifying the total energy in -> energy out types.

My local solar steam generator was shut down years ago as it was no longer worth testing direct reflector material anymore — even if they had gotten perfect reflectivity they couldn't compete with photovoltaics anymore

Good ol' mill.

Spinny stuff is basically the universe on all scales, so it makes sense. And that's fucking cool, IMO.

Solar is very tiny flowy stuff through very tiny spinny stuff

In liquid form?

And waves/tidal, but now we're getting into the really niche types.

I do enjoy a nice glass of post condensation steam on occasion

Aaackually...

That was a really cool explanation, thank you!

The molten salt is used as the first step. It then makes steam through a heat exchanger. Molten salt is safer next to the actual reactor because water is not a good coolant in case of emergency.

aah, but it didn't say steam, it said boiling water.

smaller gas generators based on internal combustion engines don't boil water though, right?

Molten ice.