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Topic: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy

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Cincydawg

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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #13356 on: Today at 12:44:12 PM »
I read that data centers actually convert water into highly toxic radioactive waste ,,, on social media, so it must be true ....

This notion that they "Borrow" water and some gets evaporated and the rest returned somewhat warmed is just propaganda ...

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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #13357 on: Today at 12:45:32 PM »
Yep, all of that is true.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #13358 on: Today at 12:53:11 PM »
I try to explain about the water usage, but they can't get past their thinking that the water is going to disappear from the planet and into a black hole somewhere.

I can't teach the hydrologic cycle to a 3 y/o. Same goes for the 75 y/o.

This notion that they "Borrow" water and some gets evaporated and the rest returned somewhat warmed is just propaganda ...


For those of us who don't know, what do data centers do wrt water availability?  I don't use a lot of social media so I haven't been told what to think.  I guess I'll let yall tell me what to think.  

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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #13359 on: Today at 01:13:56 PM »
There is a finite amount of water on this earth, and it never changes.

Evaporation and evapotranspiration put water into the air, which turns into rain, which fills our lakes, river, aquifers, etc. We treat and use it, send it to a plant for waste treatment, which sends the treated water into a creek, lake, river, etc.

Most evaporation occurs from the oceans, but the salt stays so only fresh water falls from the sky. 

Nuke plants use water for cooling, much the way traditional plants do, and what data centers do. Many businesses use water for cooling.

It always gets returned, no matter what.

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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #13360 on: Today at 01:20:39 PM »
A very very very very small amount of water does get converted to something else.  It's negligible, probably most of it is forming hydrates geologically.


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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #13361 on: Today at 01:34:17 PM »
0.000000000000000000001%.

Maybe.
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