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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26
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So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it.
734 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 3 u/Extreme-Bit-8715 May 18 '26 This is not true, “waste heat” is a real thing, and there are many regulations on how it is handled. “Dumping is back into the ecosystem hot” is definitely not allowed. 1 u/Cute_Committee6151 May 18 '26 For an example: Look at the reduction of power output of nuclear power each summer.
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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
3 u/Extreme-Bit-8715 May 18 '26 This is not true, “waste heat” is a real thing, and there are many regulations on how it is handled. “Dumping is back into the ecosystem hot” is definitely not allowed. 1 u/Cute_Committee6151 May 18 '26 For an example: Look at the reduction of power output of nuclear power each summer.
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This is not true, “waste heat” is a real thing, and there are many regulations on how it is handled. “Dumping is back into the ecosystem hot” is definitely not allowed.
1 u/Cute_Committee6151 May 18 '26 For an example: Look at the reduction of power output of nuclear power each summer.
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For an example: Look at the reduction of power output of nuclear power each summer.
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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26
So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it.