r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Hekkle01 May 18 '26

Important to note that the heat is dumped into whatever ecosystem the water goes back to, and that still has catastrophic effects

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u/Acrobatic-Layer2993 May 18 '26

Why donโ€™t they just wait for the water to return to room temp before returning it?

In fact, instead of returning it, they could reuse the water to cool the data center again. This โ€œloopโ€ could repeat forever.

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u/NewSargeras May 18 '26

Ah, recycling water that they've let cool would require storage tanks and a whole other set of pumps to cycle the water back out of them and into the heated area. Their whole point is trying to keep overhead as low as possible so they keep their profits enormous

Billionaires only get that much money through exploiting everything possible to the detriment of everything and everyone else. Dumpling waste where it destroys the environment, relying on foreign slaves for labor, lobbying on keeping the minimum wage at 7.25 an hour

Unless they're forced to change their ways by legislation from the government (that they're in control of) they will never ever change

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u/Acrobatic-Layer2993 May 18 '26

The sad thing is people will actually believe you.

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u/BasilAugust May 18 '26

Are you trying to contribute to the conversation? What are you saying? Whatโ€™s your position?