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Electricity is generated by rotating a powerful magnet inside a large coil of wire. The rotating magnetic field induces current in the wire, which forms the basis for all of the electricity we use. The different kinds of power plants (coal, gas, nuclear, etc.) are all just different methods for rotating a magnet inside a coil of wire.

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