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You can argue about what percentage "Nearly all" is, but 80% of the power in the US is a steam turbine.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-...

Hydropower is basically the same thing, the steam has just condensed already.

So "our" in this case means "USA's". The blog post clearly claims to address global energy questions, but indeed doesn't.

> Hydropower is basically the same thing, the steam has just condensed already.

I hope you're kidding.

https://www.epa.gov/energy/about-us-electricity-system-and-i...

86% is nearly all to be fair(edit as of 2017)... not 99% nearly all but it's well more than half.

That's just the US; the post makes it sound like it's globally true.

US energy mix is 60% fossil, 18% nuclear, and 1% biomass, which are all basically steam turbine. The remaining 20% is "renewables", about half wind. World mix is similar.

Is 80% "nearly all"? Dunno, that's semantic. But it's a pretty high percentage.

It's just the US, there are countries that run on more than 50% hydro.