Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-12481512-20130717104617/@comment-24999978-20140623193214

The thing is, though, being able to generate heat does not neccessarily mean one can generate electricity. In general (other than with renewable sources like solar), some sort of fuel source is used to evaporate water into steam, which is used to turn a turbine. This, in turn, causes a magnet to move through a coil of wires. It is not just a simple process of having one form of energy and then getting another. Of course, some things do obviously work differently in Mundus due to the presence of magic, but I do not think poofing energy instantaneously into other forms is one of them. Besides, I do not really see the fascination with aluminium, the metals of the Dwemer seem far better.