Everybody wants to talk about the technology of steampunk but never what fuel is needed to run it. It's coal btw. Might as well call that shit coal-fantasy.
"uhhh... oh, that's not coal smoke, it's steam! steam from the steamed punks we're having! mmmm, steamed punks!"
ever since i found out that nuclear plants produce power by just making steam really fast, and therefore nuclear power is also steampunk, i've been so mad about this
Incidentally this is what the alchemically-based nuclear piles in that Jadeclaw adventure module I mentioned yesterday were used for.
I think it was titled "Loot the Burning House."