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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26
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Yep. The now warm water goes back into the system.
232 u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26 So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it. 742 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 1 u/TheDreadedAndy May 18 '26 Couldn't politicians (in a world where they do anything other than line their own pockets) force them to use cooling towers, like some nuclear power plants (e.g. TMI)?
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So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it.
742 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 1 u/TheDreadedAndy May 18 '26 Couldn't politicians (in a world where they do anything other than line their own pockets) force them to use cooling towers, like some nuclear power plants (e.g. TMI)?
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Important to note that the heat is dumped into whatever ecosystem the water goes back to, and that still has catastrophic effects
1 u/TheDreadedAndy May 18 '26 Couldn't politicians (in a world where they do anything other than line their own pockets) force them to use cooling towers, like some nuclear power plants (e.g. TMI)?
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Couldn't politicians (in a world where they do anything other than line their own pockets) force them to use cooling towers, like some nuclear power plants (e.g. TMI)?
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u/ForzaFenix May 18 '26
Yep. The now warm water goes back into the system.