• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Then regulations should be put in place to ban that practice. There is no good excuse to not be on a closed loop system.

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      7 months ago

      Genuine question – how does it “use” that water? Isn’t it primarily utilized for plain old water cooling, where in mind it just evaporates at worst?

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        7 months ago

        I think they mainly use evaporative cooling systems. Industrial sites often have closed loop cooling systems for equipment and large cooling towers to control the air temperature in large buildings. It probably depends on geographic location. Evaporative cooling is much more effective in areas with low humidity.